African Theatre
Subtitle: Women
Contributors: Martin Banham (Editor); James Gibbs (Editor); Femi Osofisan (Editor); Jane Plastow (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780253215390
Subjects: Africa - General; Theater - History & Criticism; General; Theater - General; Performing Arts; 20th century; Africa; African drama; History; History and criticism; Theater; Women authors; Women in the theater; History: World
First sentence: The phenomenon of Algerian women writing for the theatre is a recent one, and women's participation as actors in Western-style productions since the turn of the century has been, and continues to be, fraught with difficulty.