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1、InthisbookBrianCrowandChrisBanfieldprovideanintroductiontopost-colonialtheatrebyconcentratingontheworkofmajordrama-tistsfromtheThirdWorldandsubordinatedculturesintheFirstWorld.CrowandBanfieldconsidertheplaysofsuchwritersasWoleSoyinkaandAtholFugardandhiscollabor
2、atorsfromAfrica;DerekWalcottfromtheWestIndies;AugustWilsonandJackDavis,whowritefromandabouttheexperienceofblackcommunitiesintheUSAandAustraliarespectively;andBadalSircarandGirishKarnadfromIndia.Althoughthesedramatistsreflectdiverseculturesandhistories,theyshare
3、thecommonconditionofculturalsubjectionoroppression,whichhasshapedtheirtheatres.Eachchaptercontainsaninformativelistofprimarysourcematerialandfurtherreadingaboutthedramatist.Anintroductiontopost-colonialtheatreCAMBRIDGESTUDIESINMODERNTHEATRESerieseditorProfessor
4、DavidBradby,RoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondonAdvisoryboardMartinBanham,UniversityofLeedsJackyBratton,RoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondonTracyDavis,NorthwesternUniversityRichardEyre,Director,RoyalNationalTheatreMichaelRobinson,UniversityofEastAngliaSheilaStowell,Uni
5、versityofBirminghamVolumesforCambridgeStudiesinModernTheatreexplorethepolitical,socialandculturalfunctionsoftheatrewhilealsopayingcarefulattentiontodetailedperformanceanalysis.Thefocusoftheseriesisonpoliticalapproachestothemoderntheatrewithattentionalsobeingpai
6、dtotheatresofearlierperiodsandtheirinfluenceoncontemporarydrama.Asaculturalartform,theatreisnotproducedinavacuum,rather,itisinfluenced,whetherdirectlyorinmoresubtleways,bythepoliticalandsocialenvironment.Inturn,theatreleavesitsmarkonsociety,andcontributestoshap
7、ingthatsociety'slevelofpoliticalawareness.Topicsintheseriesarechosentoinvestigatethisrelationshipandincludebothplaywrights(theiraimsandintentionssetagainsttheeffectsoftheirwork)andprocess(withemphasisonrehearsalandproductionmethods,thepoliticalstructurewithinth
8、eatrecompanies,andtheirchoiceofaudiencesorperformancevenues).Furthertopicswillincludedevisedtheatre,agitprop,communitytheatre,para-theatreandperformanceart.Inallcasestheseri
