Nicholson, S.J. orcid.org/0000-0002-8856-848X (2018) Africa on the British stage, 1955-1966. In: Morosetti, T., (ed.) Africa on the Contemporary London Stage. Palgrave Macmillan , pp. 45-64. ISBN 978-3-319-94507-1
Abstract
Covering the period between Reginald Craddock’s Night Returns to Africa (1955) and the staging of Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel (1966), this chapter will examine key images of and from Africa as they were offered to British theatregoers. It will refer to dance, revues, and musicals as well as plays, and to the work of British dramatists as well as to that of African playwrights including Wole Soyinka, John Pepper Clark, and Guillaume Oyono-Mbia. Crucially, the chapter will focus on how such work was framed and received by theatre critics and within the press, suggesting some of the ways in which performances rooted in elements of ‘African’ culture may have exerted wider influences on and within the British theatrical establishment.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 The Author. This is an author produced version of a chapter subsequently published in Morosetti. T. (ed.), Africa on the Contemporary London Stage, 2018, Palgrave Macmillan. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2018 11:23 |
Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2020 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94508-8_3 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-319-94508-8_3 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131799 |