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This book offers a comparative overview of the history, social context, and style of three major West African popular theatre genres: the concert party of Ghana, the concert party of Togo, and the traveling popular theatre of western Nigeria.

Extremely well written, and exceedingly well informed, this is a work that opens a variety of important questions in sophisticated and theoretically nuanced ways. It is hard to imagine a better tour guide than Fuchs for a trip through the last thirty years of, as she puts it, what we used to call the 'avant-garde.'"e; -Essays in Theatre... an insightful set of theoretical 'takes' on how to think about theatre before and theatre after modernism."e; -Theatre JournalIn short, for those who never experienced a 'postmodern swoon,' Elinor Fuchs is an excellent informant."e; -Performing Arts Journal... a thoughtful, highly readable contribution to the evolving literature on theatre and postmodernism."e; -Modern DramaA work of bold theoretical ambition and exceptional critical intelligence.... Fuchs combines mastery of contemporary cultural theory with a long and full participation in American theater culture: the result is a long-needed, long-awaited elaboration of a new theatrical paradigm."e; -Una Chaudhuri, New York UniversityWhat makes this book exceptional is Fuchs' acute rehearsal of the stranger unnerving events of the last generation that have-in the cross-reflections of theory-determined our thinking about theater. She seems to have seen and absorbed them all."e; -Herbert Blau, Center for Twentieth Century Studies, University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeSurveying the extraordinary scene of the postmodern American theater, Fuchs boldly frames key issues of subjectivity and performance with the keenest of critical eyes for the compelling image and the telling gesture."e; -Joseph Roach, Tulane University... Fuchs makes an exceptionally lucid and eloquent case for the value and contradictions in postmodern theater."e; -Alice Rayner, Stanford UniversityArguably the most accessible yet learned road map to what remains for many impenetrable territory...an obligatory addition to all academic libraries serving upper-division undertgradua

A study that considers the ways playwrights draw meaning from emptiness. It examines drama associated with non-realistic movement known as theatre of the absurd, focusing on the ways dramatists create an impression of emptiness not only on the stage but also in the body and mind of the central character.

Deals with the Vietnam War and the fate of protest theatre in the television age. In Part One, this book discusses American examples of the genre, such as MacBird and Viet Rock, as well as representative works from England, Austria, Germany, and France. In Part Two, it investigates several theoretical issues raised by Vietnam protest theatre.

Presents a collection of several examples of the styles, subjects, and purposes of theatre in South Africa. This anthology features seven plays, which depict life in post-apartheid South Africa. It also provides helpful introductions to each of the seven plays, as well as a glossary of foreign terms and phrases.

Considers the ways in which Irish drama has become regional and international in scope, and the ways in which theatrical production has followed this decentralising trajectory. This work includes essays on such figures as W B Yeats, Lady Gregory, J M Synge, Sean O'Casey, Brendan Behan, Samuel Beckett, Marina Carr, Brian Friel and Frank McGuinness.

A reassessment of the achievements of British playwright Harold Pinter by an international group of scholars. This work contains eighteen essays that represent the state of Pinter criticism and an affirmation of Pinter's preeminence in modern British theatre.