Theatre after empire

Emphasizing the resilience of theatre arts in the midst of significant political change, Theatre After Empire spotlights the emergence of new performance styles in the wake of collapsed political systems. Centering on theatrical works from the late nineteenth century to the present, twelve original essays written by prominent theatre scholars showcase the development of new work after social revolutions, independence campaigns, the overthrow of monarchies, and world wars. Global in scope, this book features performances occurring across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The essays attend to a range of live events-theatre, dance, and performance art-that stage subaltern experiences and reveal societies in the midst of cultural, political, and geographic transition. This collection is an engaging resource for students and scholars of theatre and performance; world history; and those interested in postcolonialism, multiculturalism, and transnationalism.

Dr. See-Through and his kin : East African theatre in the interregnum / Joshua Williams -- Between empire and dictatorship : the decolonial dreams of Raúl Leis / Katherine A. Zien -- Absurdist theatre goes postcolonial : trans-contextuality, absurd jokes, and evocation in (post)colonial plays / Mina Kyoungye Kwon -- History plays : performing the anti-apartheid movement on contemporary South African stages / Gibson Alessandro Cima -- Brendan Behan's depictions of mid-twentieth-century Irish failure / Eleanor Owicki and Megan E. Geigner -- Nineteenth- and twentieth-century development of western Turkish theatre and the pursuit of identity / Elif Baş -- Toward a new African personality : the national theatre movement of Ghana from Nkrumah to Rawlings . David Afriyie Donkor -- Rediscovering tradition in modern Asian theatre / Siyuan Liu -- The empire lingers : staging Zainichi Korean lived experiences in contemporary Japan / Jessica Nakamura -- Toward a third performance : dance, exile, and anti-imperialism in Fernando Solana's Tangos: el exilio de Gardel / Victoria Fortuna -- Bollywood affects : feeling brown with Meena Kumari / Kareem Khubchandani -- Sounding Asian American : geeks…