Black and Asian Theatre in Britain is an unprecedented study tracing the history of ‘the Other’ through the ages in British theatre. The diverse and often contradictory aspects of this history are expertly drawn together to provide a detailed background to the work of African, Asian, and Caribbean diasporic companies and practitioners.
Colin Chambers examines early forms of blackface and other representations in the sixteenth century, through to the emergence of black and Asian actors, companies, and theatre groups in their own right. Thorough analysis uncovers how they led to a flourishing of black and Asian voices in theatre at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Figures and companies studied include:
- Ira Aldridge
- Henry Francis Downing
- Paul Robeson
- Errol John
- Mustapha Matura
- Dark and Light Theatre
- The Keskidee Centre
- Indian Art and Dramatic Society
- Temba
- Edric and Pearl Connor
- Tara Arts
- Yvonne Brewster
- Tamasha
- Talawa.
Black and Asian Theatre in Britain is an enlightening and immensely readable resource and represents a major new study of theatre history and British history as a whole.
Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
- ISBN10 0415365139
- ISBN13 9780415365130
- Publish Date 28 April 2011 (first published 27 April 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 292
- Language English