Shakespeare in Malawi

Power and Performance
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-83025-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 117 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 291 g

Reihe: Global Shakespeares

This book critically examines the forces and events that led to Shakespeare performance becoming an important part of the contemporary Malawian cultural and educational landscape. It brings together archive material, interviews, existing literature and practice as research to understand, examine and interrogate theories of ‘intercultural theatre’ and post-colonial theories, to highlight the unique practice of Shakespeare production in Malawi. A timeline of Shakespeare productions in Malawi is included, spanning the colonialist period through to the present day. The book explores local adaptations of and and the translation into Chichewa of providing a unique insight into the practice and methodologies of Malawian Shakespeare translation, including the role of women as performers and artists. It looks at the current state of drama and theatre in Malawi and what the future of Shakespeare in Malawi might look like.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bonsall, Amy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Malawian Theatre: a political, cultural and historical context.- Chapter 2: Shakespeare Productions in Malawi.- Chapter 3: in Translation.- Chapter 4: Intercultural Shakespeare Performance in (and out) of Malawi.- Chapter 5: The Future of Shakespeare Production in Malawi.- Chapter 6: Shakespeare in Malawi: Power and Performance.

Über Autor(innen)

Amy Bonsall holds a doctorate in intercultural theatre, is a freelance theatre director, is Professor (Hon) at the University of Kent and is an honorary research fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is an expert in applied theatre, arts based practice in research and women in academia.