This is a first-hand account of theatre in apartheid society. Exploring the forces which led to the foundation and development of "New South African Theatre," the financial backing provided by the South African business world, the black majority's point of view and the influence of cultural boycotts and problems of tours abroad, it provides specialist information on the Market Theatre. It also considers black consciousness and trade union and state-funded theatre in South Africa.
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This is a first-hand account of theatre in apartheid society. Exploring the forces which led to the foundation and development of "New South African Theatre," the financial backing provided by the South African business world, the black majority's point of view and the influence of cultural boycotts and problems of tours abroad, it provides specialist information on the Market Theatre. It also considers black consciousness and trade union and state-funded theatre in South Africa.
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Minor rubbing. Light corner bump. VG. 23x14cm, x, 270 pp., PAPERBACK. Series: Cross/cultures, 50. Contents: Mannie Manim, the Performing Arts Councils & the Commerical Scene in Johannesburg in 1974; Spaces & Sites; The Road to the Market; The Foundation of the Market; And the Market Foundation; The Choices when Paradise is Closing Down; Born in the RSA as a Shaping Force; New Concepts of Drama: From White Conscientization to Bopha! ; Associations with the Market: UMongikazi & You Strike the Women, You Strike the Rock; The Market & the Environment of Cultural Struggle: The Market & the Voice of the Black Majority in 1980; Developments at Home & Abroad in 1986; The Reckoning at the End of the First Decade; The Granite Edifice Crumbles: Critics, Culture-Brokers & the Theatre in 1990; Drama for a New Society: Targeting the Spectator in the Early 1990s; The Body of Change & the Changing Body inthe Plays of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company.