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Informationen zum Autor Graham Ley is professor of Drama and Theory at the University of Exeter and leader for the AHRC project. His work has ranged from antiquity to the present day. He has been a joint editor of the Performance Studies series from its inception; he is also a joint editor of the series Performance Practises for Palgrave. Dr Sarah Dadswell is the full-time Research Fellow for the AHRC project; she is a cultural historian! with expertise in the twentieth century! notably in Russian and Soviet avant-garde theatre. Dadswell is also joint editor of "Victory over the Sun" for Artist BookWorks! with Rosamund Bartlett. Klappentext British South Asian theater has been one of the most significant features of diasporic artistic activity throughout the world in the last thirty years! yet its remarkable achievements have been largely ignored by mainstream media and scholars. With "British South Asian Theatres!" Graham Ley and Sarah Dadswell aim to reverse such neglect. Drawing on unpublished archives and an extensive series of interviews on the history of British theater! these essays document the presence of South Asians on the British stage! from magicians of the nineteenth century to the performers of today. A companion DVD enhances the text! showcasing historical documents! programs! designs! photographs! and clips from recordings of rehearsals and productions. Zusammenfassung Drawing on archive material and a series of personal interviews, this exciting new book reverses the neglect of this vital element in the history of contemporary theatre – the vibrant presence of South Asians in theatre in Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. British Asian Theatre: the Long Road to Now! and the Barriers in-between! Naseem Khan 2. Images on Stage: A Historical Survey of South Asians in British Theatre before 1975! Colin Chambers 3. Two Worlds?: Asian Theatre and Alternative Theatre in Tower Hamlets in the 1980s! Susan Croft 4. Experiments in Theatre from the Margins: Text! Performance and New Writers! Rukhsana Ahmad 5. Dramatising Refuge(e)s: Rukhsana Ahmad's Song for a Sanctuary and Tanika Gupta's Sanctuary! Christiane Schlote 6. Directing Storytelling Performance and Storytelling Theatre! Chris Banfield 7. Engaging the Audience: a Comparative Analysis of Developmental Strategies in Birmingham and Leicester since the 1990s! Claire Cochrane 8. Patriarchy and Its Discontents: the 'Kitchen-Sink Drama' of Tamasha Theatre Company! Victoria Sams 9. The Marketing of Commercial and Subsidized Theatre to British Asian Audiences: Bombay Dreams (2002) and Tamasha's Fourteen Songs! Two Weddings and a Funeral (1998 and 2001)! Suman Bhuchar 10. Mixing with the Mainstream: Transgressing the Identity of Place! Jerri Daboo 11. Between Page and Stage: Meera Syal in British Asian Culture! Giovanna Buonanno 12. Tara Arts (1997 - 2007): Mapping a 'Binglish' Diaspora! Dominic Hingorani 13. Imagine! Indiaah...on the British Stage: Exploring Tara's 'Binglish' and Tamasha's Brechtian Approaches! Chandrika Patel 14. On the Making of Mr Quiver! Rajni Shah Bibliography ...
