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[[Marcia Blumberg]] (19*-) is an academic and theatre historian. | [[Marcia Blumberg]] (19*-) is an academic and theatre historian. | ||
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Born in South Africa, she later emigrated to the Canada, where she began her post-graduate studies at York University, concentrating on post-colonial and South African literature and drama. Joined the staff of the English department where she teaches courses on theatre from the Greeks to the present and specializes in modern and contemporary drama and performance from South Africa, Britain and America and in 2012 obtained tenure as professor at York University. | Born in South Africa, she later emigrated to the Canada, where she began her post-graduate studies at York University, concentrating on post-colonial and South African literature and drama. Joined the staff of the English department where she teaches courses on theatre from the Greeks to the present and specializes in modern and contemporary drama and performance from South Africa, Britain and America and in 2012 obtained tenure as professor at York University. | ||
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She has published many articles especially specifically on [[South African]] theatre. In this regard she began to work closely with [[Dennis Walder]] of the Open University's Post Colonial Literature's project, becoming the co-editor of ''South African Theatre And/As Intervention'' (1999). She is a Editorial Consultant for the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]''. | She has published many articles especially specifically on [[South African]] theatre. In this regard she began to work closely with [[Dennis Walder]] of the Open University's Post Colonial Literature's project, becoming the co-editor of ''South African Theatre And/As Intervention'' (1999). She is a Editorial Consultant for the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]''. | ||
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"Yaël Farber" in Martin Middeke and Peter Paul Schnierer, (editors). 2015. ''The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre''. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. | "Yaël Farber" in Martin Middeke and Peter Paul Schnierer, (editors). 2015. ''The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre''. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. | ||
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Revision as of 16:48, 19 April 2017
Marcia Blumberg (19*-) is an academic and theatre historian.
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Biography
Born in South Africa, she later emigrated to the Canada, where she began her post-graduate studies at York University, concentrating on post-colonial and South African literature and drama. Joined the staff of the English department where she teaches courses on theatre from the Greeks to the present and specializes in modern and contemporary drama and performance from South Africa, Britain and America and in 2012 obtained tenure as professor at York University.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She has published many articles especially specifically on South African theatre. In this regard she began to work closely with Dennis Walder of the Open University's Post Colonial Literature's project, becoming the co-editor of South African Theatre And/As Intervention (1999). She is a Editorial Consultant for the South African Theatre Journal.
Other publications include:
"Yaël Farber" in Martin Middeke and Peter Paul Schnierer, (editors). 2015. The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
(See ESAT Bibliography for more on her publications.)
Sources
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