Books written by Jane Plastow
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African Theatre and Politics: The Evolution of Theatre in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe : a Comparative Study
Popular theatre aims to work at the interface of political , cultural and development concerns with those who are defined as the oppressed . The core of Mlama's book Culture and Development is a series of accounts of four communities in ...
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A History of East African Theatre, Volume 2: Central East Africa
It was then that the country took on the name of Tanzania. 2.The President wrote his Juliasi Kaizari (Julius Caesar) and Mabepari wa Venisi (The Merchant of Venice) during his years in office, primarily as a means of illustrating that ...
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Shakespeare in and Out of Africa
... and Branco's King Lear – although all have elements of adaptation and selection. Other pieces are more heavily adapted and Virahsawmy's plays sometimes use Shakespeare simply as a springboard for a wild, iconoclastic imagination.
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A History of East African Theatre, Volume 1: Horn of Africa
This book is the first ever transnational theatre study of an African region.
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Theatre Matters: Performance and Culture on the World Stage
This book focuses on how theatre can make and has made positive political and social interventions.
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African Theatre and Politics: The evolution of theatre in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe: A comparative study
... THE GUISES OF CANADIAN DIVERSITY / LES MASQUES DE LA DIVERSITÉ CANADIENNE . New European Perspectives / Nouvelles perspectives européennes . Ed . by Serge Jaumain & Marc Maufort Amsterdam / Atlanta , GA 1995. 288 pp . Vol . 20 : ISBN ...
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Theatre Matters: Performance and Culture on the World Stage
In this book a distinguished team of theater historians and dramatists explore how theater has a dynamic and often difficult relationship with societies and states, arguing positively that theatrical activity can make a difference.