Theatre Matters

Performance and Culture on the World Stage

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Edited by Richard Boon and Jane Plastow

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published November 1998, 235 pages, paper

ISBN 0521634431

In this book, theater historians and dramatists explore how theater has a dynamic and often difficult relationship with societies and states, and argues that theatrical activity can make a difference. The collection begins with a foreword by Wole Soyinka and, throughout the volume, specially chosen plays, projects and movements are examined in countries including Brazil and Argentina, Nigeria, Eritrea and South Africa, India and the Caribbean.

Contributors: Wole Soyinka, Jane Plastow, Femi Osofisan, Solomon Tsehaye, Ian Steadman, Christopher Innes, Carole-Anne Upton, Jatinder Verma, Jacob Srampickal, Richard Boon, Paul Heritage, George Woodyward

Table of Contents

Foreward: A letter from Kingston--Wole Soyinka
Introduction--Jane Plastow
'The Revolution as Muse': drama as surreptitious insurrection in a post-colonial, military state--Femi Osofisan
Making theatre for a change: two plays of the Eritrean liberation struggle--Jane Plastow and Solomon Tsehaye
Race matters in South African theatre--Ian Steadman
Dreams of violence: moving beyond colonialism in Canadian and Caribbean drama--Christopher Innes
The French-speaking Caribbean: journeying from the native land--Carole-Anne Upton
'Binglishing' the stage: a generation of Asian theatre in England--Jatinder Verma
Popular theatre for the building of social awareness: the Indian experience--Jacob Srampickal and Richard Boon
The promise of performance: True Love/Real Love--Paul Heritage
Making America or making revolution: the theatre of Ricardo Halac in Argentina--George Woodyard

Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre