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African Theatre 7: Companies, PDF eBook

African Theatre 7: Companies PDF

Edited by Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan

Part of the African Theatre series

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Profiles theatre companies in Africa working creatively in the context of financial and political constraints.

A close scrutiny of how theatre companies operate is an often neglected aspect of theatre life in Africa, yet, as companies profiled here grapple with the issues of 'creativity and collaboration' much is revealed about the way theatre companies across the continent face the challenges of financial constraints, the political complications of sponsorship and funding, the need for creative or intellectual freedoms, the intricacies of contracts and the crucialdecisions about venues and audiences.

Volume Editor: JAMES GIBBS, University of the West of England.

The contributors include: DEXTER LYNDERSAY, FOLUKE OUGUNLEYE, SIRI LANGE, ALLY MKUMBILA, BRACCO CHITOSA, MANFRED LOIMEIR, LUCY RICHARDSON, CHRISTINE MATZKE, VICTOR S. DUGGA, PATRICK-JUDE OTEH, BASIL JONES, MICHAEL WALLING, BRITISH COUNCIL, JOS REPERTORY THEATRE.

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