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[[Black theatre]] is a term used internationally to distinguish dramatic work created and performed by, for, and about people of colour.  
 
[[Black theatre]] is a term used internationally to distinguish dramatic work created and performed by, for, and about people of colour.  
  
See also '''[[Township theatre]]'''
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=The term=
 
=The term=
  
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==General meaning==
  
 
Called [[Black theater]] in the United States, where it refers to a dramatic movement encompassing plays written by, for, and about African Americans. (Also known as [[African American theatre]])[https://www.britannica.com/art/black-theatre]
 
Called [[Black theater]] in the United States, where it refers to a dramatic movement encompassing plays written by, for, and about African Americans. (Also known as [[African American theatre]])[https://www.britannica.com/art/black-theatre]
  
=Suggested sources=
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==Sources==
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https://www.britannica.com/art/black-theatre
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=[[Black Theatre in South Africa]]=
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''See also the entry on '''[[Township theatre]]'''''
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==Meaning==
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==History==
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==Suggested sources==
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https://www.britannica.com/art/black-theatre
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[[Sam Moodley]]. Black Theatre an Expression of Black Consciousness
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, ''[[SA History Online]]''[https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/Paper_Sam_Moodley.pdf]]
  
 
[[Ian Steadman|Steadman, Ian P.]] 1984a. Alternative politics, alternative performance; 1976 and Black South African theatre, in [[Margaret J. Daymond|Daymond, Margaret J.]], [[Johan Jacobs|Jacobs, Johan]] & [[Margaret Lenta|Lenta, Margaret]] (eds.). ''Momentum: On Recent South African Writing''. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press. 215-232.  
 
[[Ian Steadman|Steadman, Ian P.]] 1984a. Alternative politics, alternative performance; 1976 and Black South African theatre, in [[Margaret J. Daymond|Daymond, Margaret J.]], [[Johan Jacobs|Jacobs, Johan]] & [[Margaret Lenta|Lenta, Margaret]] (eds.). ''Momentum: On Recent South African Writing''. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press. 215-232.  
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[[Keyan G. Tomaselli]]. 1981. Black South African Theatre: Text and Context in ''[[English in Africa]]'', Vol. 8, No. 1 (Mar., 1981), pp. 51-58.
 
[[Keyan G. Tomaselli]]. 1981. Black South African Theatre: Text and Context in ''[[English in Africa]]'', Vol. 8, No. 1 (Mar., 1981), pp. 51-58.
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Latest revision as of 16:30, 24 November 2024

Black theatre is a term used internationally to distinguish dramatic work created and performed by, for, and about people of colour.

STILL BEING WRITTEN AND EDITED

The term

General meaning

Called Black theater in the United States, where it refers to a dramatic movement encompassing plays written by, for, and about African Americans. (Also known as African American theatre)[1]

Sources

https://www.britannica.com/art/black-theatre

Black Theatre in South Africa

See also the entry on Township theatre

Meaning

History

Suggested sources

https://www.britannica.com/art/black-theatre

Sam Moodley. Black Theatre an Expression of Black Consciousness , SA History Online[2]]

Steadman, Ian P. 1984a. Alternative politics, alternative performance; 1976 and Black South African theatre, in Daymond, Margaret J., Jacobs, Johan & Lenta, Margaret (eds.). Momentum: On Recent South African Writing. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press. 215-232.

Steadman, Ian P. 1984b. Alternative theatre: fifty years of performance in Johannesburg, in White, Landeg and Couzens, Tim (eds.). Literature and Society in South Africa. Pinelands, Cape Town : Maskew Miller Longman. 138-146.

Steadman, Ian P. 1984c. Black South African theatre after nationalism. English Academy Review, 2:9-18.

Steadman, Ian P. 1984d. Theatre, criticism and cultural studies: new directions for the 1980s. Teaterforum, 5(1): 80-93.

Steadman, Ian P. 1985a. Drama and social consciousness: themes in Black theatre on the Witwatersrand until 1984. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand.

Steadman, Ian P. 1985b. The other face. Index to Censorship, 14 (1): 26-30.

Steadman, Ian P. 1985c. The radical paradigm in South African theatre studies: a review of Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa, by Robert Mshengu Kavanagh. Critical Arts, 4(1):80-84.

Steadman, Ian P. 1985d. Stages in the revolution: Black South African theater since 1976. Research in African Literatures, 19(1).

Keyan G. Tomaselli. 1981. Black South African Theatre: Text and Context in English in Africa, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Mar., 1981), pp. 51-58.

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