Asoka Theatre
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Asoka Theatre
Founded in 1972 in Durban. Theatre complex for the University of Durban-Westville's Drama Department. Home of Asoka Theatre Productions. Used for drama department productions, T.V. recordings, recitals, festival events, and community theatre presentations. Theatre manager: Philippa Savage. (DS) (See CONTACTS Vol. 18 for technical specifications)
Productions
Productions staged here include:
1984: Mango Leaf Magic
1987: Toad of Toad Hall
Asoka Theatre Productions
Founded in 1972 in Durban. A company attached to the University of Durban-Westville and its Drama Department, using the Asoka Theatre as home base for productions, festival events, and community theatre presentations. (D. Schauffer) (See CONTACTS Vol. 18 for technical specifications)
Asoka Theatre Publications, Durban
Founded by Dennis Schauffer when he was head of the University of Durban-Westville's Drama Department, in order to publish research by staff and students.
The Asoka Indic Theatre Series
This offers a number of monographs on theatre in South Africa, notably on Indic theatre practice.
The Asoka Profile Series
This offer biographical, critical and bibliographical material on black playwriting in the country and was started in 1999* with a monograph on the life and work of Zakes Mda (edited by Dennis Schauffer and ***). (D. Schauffer)
Sources
Contacts Vol. 18
"UTEL saves historic theatre productions for the archives", Alumni Relations, University of Kwazulu-Natal (October 31, 2018)[1]
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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