The Methuen drama guide to contemporary South African theatre

• Titel: The Methuen drama guide to contemporary South African theatre
• Mitwirkende: Middeke, Martin [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Schnierer, Peter Paul [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Homann, Greg [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: ed. by Martin Middeke, Peter Paul Schnierer, Greg Homann
• Verlagsort: London
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Jahr: 2015
• Umfang: Online-Ressource (393 p)
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Guides to Contemporary Drama
• Fussnoten: Description based upon print version of record
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-7669-6
• Schlagwörter: (k)South Africa / (s)Englisch / (s)Drama / (s)Literatur
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: The Methuen Drama guide to contemporary South African theatre. - London [u.a.] : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury, 2015. - VI, 384 Seiten
• RVK-Notation: HP 1255
• Sach-SW: South African drama (English)
• Sach-SW: South African drama
• Sach-SW: Theater
• K10plus-PPN: 832205451

Abstract

South Africa has a uniquely rich and diverse theatre tradition which has responded energetically to the country's remarkable transition, helping to define the challenges and contradictions of this young democracy. This volume considers the variety of theatre forms, and the work of the major playwrights and theatre makers producing work in democratic South Africa. It offers an overview of theatre pioneers and theatre forms in Part One, before concentrating on the work of individual playwrights in Part Two. Through its wide-ranging survey of indigenous drama written predominantly in the English