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Theatre and Cultural Struggle under Apartheid
Robert Mshengu Kavanagh
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Description for Theatre and Cultural Struggle under Apartheid
Paperback. A pioneering study of South African theatre under Apartheid, exploring the ways in which the stage became an arena for the battle against oppression. Series: African Culture Collection. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; AN; HBJH; HBTB; JFC; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
In this book, South African performer and activist Robert Mshengu Kavanagh reveals the complex and conflicting interplay of class, nation and race in South African theatre under Apartheid. Evoking an era when theatre itself became a political battleground, Kavanagh displays how the struggle against Apartheid was played out on the stage as well as on the streets. Kavanagh's account spans three very different areas of South African theatre, with the author considering the merits and limitations of the multi-racial theatre projects created by white liberals; the popular commercial musicals staged for black audiences by emergent black entrepreneurs; ... Read more
In this book, South African performer and activist Robert Mshengu Kavanagh reveals the complex and conflicting interplay of class, nation and race in South African theatre under Apartheid. Evoking an era when theatre itself became a political battleground, Kavanagh displays how the struggle against Apartheid was played out on the stage as well as on the streets. Kavanagh's account spans three very different areas of South African theatre, with the author considering the merits and limitations of the multi-racial theatre projects created by white liberals; the popular commercial musicals staged for black audiences by emergent black entrepreneurs; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
African Culture Collection
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783609802
SKU
V9781783609802
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About Robert Mshengu Kavanagh
Robert Mshengu Kavanagh played an active part in the development of South African theatre in the 1970s through his participation in Experimental Theatre Workshop '71 in Johannesburg, and as founding editor of S'ketsh', a magazine covering black and non-segregated theatre in South Africa. After leaving the country in 1976, he did his doctorate at Leeds University and then played a ... Read more
Reviews for Theatre and Cultural Struggle under Apartheid
'Ground-breaking ... arguably the single most important study of South African theatre.' Ian Steadman, from the Foreword