Insidious treasons and beyond
Subtitle: forty years of alternative theatre in Nigeria (essays)
By: Femi Osofisan
Edition: [Revised edition].
Publisher: Bookcraft
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ibadan, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9789788457497
Subjects: Nigerian drama (English); History and criticism; Theater; History; Civilization; In literature; Literature
Other titles: Forty years of alternative theatre in Nigeria (essays)
Work titles: Insidious treasons
Notes: " ... my first essay collection to appear in the USA, titled The nostalgic drum ... The collection, Insidious treasons, drama in a postcolonial state was the second to come after that first book. It was also a volume of essays, lectures, and seminars that I had contributed in a period of 10 years to various conferences and other intellectual occasions ... this second collection was that it very rapidly went out of the market ... a reprint was therefore necessary. But it has been over a decade now since that first edition ... and other important essays have been written and other lectures delivered. It seemed then that, rather than just re-issuing the old collection as it was, it would be more practicable to revise it appropriately. This is what has led now to this new volume, titled Insidious treasons and beyond: forty years of alternative theatre in Nigeria. Most of the essays in my second collection have been retained here, but a number of new essays have now been included ..."--Introduction.

Revised edition of: Insidious treasons : drama in a post colonial state.

"2016 Thalia prize winner"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.