Ghana's Concert Party Theatre

by Catherine M. Cole

Book Overview

". . . succeeds in conveying the exciting and fascinating character of the concert party genre, as well as showing clearly how this material can be used to rethink a number of contemporary theoretical themes and issues." --Karin Barber

Under colonial rule, the first concert party practitioners brought their comic variety shows to audiences throughout what was then the British Gold Coast colony. As social and political circumstances shifted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025321436X
• ISBN13: 9780253214362
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"