Shakespeare in & out of Africa /
Shakespeare in and out of Africa
volume editor, Jane Plastow ; re views editor, Martin Banham.
- xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- African theatre ; 12 .
- African theatre (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) ; 12. .
Includes the playscript Wáòesâoo, Hamlet! or The Resurrection of Ham let.
Includes bibliographical references.
Shakespeare, Africa & the Globe Olympiad -- The two gentlemen of Zim babwe & their diaspora audience at Shakespeare's Globe -- Shakespeare's African nostos : township nostalgia & South African performance at sea -- áItáan áOgáináintáin, The winter's tales : Shakespeare meets Yoruba gods -- Performing the nation at the London Globe : notes on a South S udanese Cymbeline : 'we will be like other people in other places' -- A frican Shakespeares : a discussion -- 'Sa bezsominn Shakespeare la' : t he brave new world of Dev Virahsawmy -- Crioulo Shakespeareno & the Cre olising of King Lear -- Playscript : Wáòesâoo, Hamlet!
A key volume for Shakespeare, African theatre and the postcolonial c ultural scholars, promoting debate on the role of Western cultural icon s in contemporary postcolonial cultures.