Morosetti, Tiziana. 2018. ‘On One of Those Sunday Nights’: 50 Years of Africa at the Royal Court Theatre. In: Tiziana Morosetti, ed. Africa on the Contemporary London Stage. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 67-86. ISBN 9783319945071 [Book Section]

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The Royal Court Theatre has provided a launching pad for a variety of authors from Africa or, more recently, of African descent. This chapter explores the dynamics behind half a century of performing Africa at the Royal Court, with specific reference to Wole Soyinka, Femi Ajibade, Athol Fugard, and Bola Agbaje. Central to the investigation are the papers in the English Stage Company archive at the V&A, especially William Gaskill’s 1966 correspondence, as well as reviews and newspaper cuttings. It will be argued that attitudes to ‘Africa’ at the Royal Court have changed with the progressive gentrification of this venue, and attempts to achieve an ‘international’ dimension.

Item Type:	Book Section
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94508-8_4
Additional Information:	The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under REA grant agreement n° 299000.
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Theatre and Performance (TAP)
Dates:	Date Event 7 December 2018 Published
Item ID:	35672
Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2024 11:25
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2024 11:25
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/35672

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