Author: Boon, Richard ; & Plastow, Jane ; editors:
Title: Theatre Matters : Performance and Culture on the World Stage
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998. orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xxii,203 pp. PAPERBACK.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Theatre, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures across the world. In this book a distinguished team of theatre historians and dramatists explores how theatre has a dynamic and often difficult relationship with societies and states, arguing positively that theatrical activity can make a difference. The collection begins with a foreword by Wole Soyinka and, through the volume, specially chosen plays, projects and movements are examined, embracing a variety of theatrical forms from conventional text to on-site developmental work. The communities addressed range from the national to the local, from middle- class elites to the economically dispossessed in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, Nigeria, Eritrea and South Africa, and India and the Caribbean countries" - publisher's description.

Keywords: Comparative Literature, Theatre History, Theater, Drama, Literary Criticism, Anthropology, , ,