Theatre Matters: Performance and Culture on the World Stage

Book Overview

Theater, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures around the world. In this book a distinguished team of theater historians and dramatists explore how theater 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521634431
• ISBN13: 9780521634434
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"