African Theatre 12: Shakespeare in and Out of Africa - Softcover

[An] excellent volume. THEATRE SURVEY

Should not be confined to African Studies collections but also find a place in any library concerned with English literature or Theatre Studies. AFRICAN RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION

This volume takes as its starting point an interrogation of the African contributions to the Globe to Globe Festival staged in London in 2012, where 37 Shakespeare productions were offered, each from a different nation. Five African companies were invited to perform and there are articles on four of these productions, examining issues of interculturalism, postcolonialism, language, interpretation and reception. The contributors are both Shakespeare and African theatre scholars, promoting discourse from a range of geographical and cultural perspectives. The playscript in this volume of African Theatre is Femi Osofisan's Wesoo, Hamlet! or the Resurrection of Hamlet.