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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. | ||
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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] | ||
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| + | =[[Black Theatre in South Africa]]= | ||
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| + | ''See also the entry on '''[[Township theatre]]''''' | ||
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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
Contents
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.
Return to
Return to South African Theatre Terminology and Thematic Entries
Return to South_African_Films
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to South African Radio Plays and Serials
Return to South African Television Plays and Series
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
