{"product_id":"african-theatre-13-martin-banham-9781847010988","title":"African Theatre 13: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and Wole Soyinka","description":"Directors and collaborators assess and comment on the production of plays by West Africa's Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and East Africa's most influential author Ngugi wa Thiong'o. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong'o are the pre-eminent playwrights of West and East Africa respectively and their work has been hugely influential across the continent. This volume features directors' experiences of recent productions of their plays, the voices of actors and collaborators who have worked with the playwrights, and also provides a digest of their theatrical output. Contributors provide new readings of Ngugi and Soyinka's classic texts, and astimulating new approach for students of English, Theatre and African studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The playscript for this volume is a previously unpublished radio play by Wole Soyinka entitled A Rain of Stones, first broadcast onBBC Radio 4 in 2002. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Volume Editors: MARTIN BANHAM \u0026amp; FEMI OSOFISAN Guest Editor: KIMANI NJOGU \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama \u0026amp; Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre \u0026amp; Performance Studies, University of Warwick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Banham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847010989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847010988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e James Currey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Martin Banham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938955460863,"sku":"9781847010988","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5ea05cec-cdec-4625-8088-2eb2c51e5e9a.jpg?v=1681438656","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-theatre-13-martin-banham-9781847010988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}