DOCSLIB.ORG

Cast, in Order of Appearance Southbank Sinfonia Creative Team

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Cast, in Order of Appearance Southbank Sinfonia Creative Team A production from by Peter Shaffer Cast, in order of appearance Violin II Douglas Harrison Minsi Yang Antonio Salieri Lucian Msamati Viola Jennifer MacCallum Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adam Gillen Dan Shilladay Constanze Weber (later Mozart) Cello Patrick Tapio Johnson Karla Crome Angélique Lihou Venticelli Sarah Amankwah Bass Giuseppe Ciraso Calì Hammed Animashaun Flute Simon Gilliver Joseph II Tom Edden Oboe Anna Turmeau Count Johann Kilian Von Strack Helen Clinton Alexandra Mathie Clarinet Oliver Pashley Count Franz Orsini-Rosenberg Kimon Parry Hugh Sachs Bassoon Andrew Watson Baron Gottfried Van Swieten Éanna Monaghan Geoffrey Beevers Horn Brendan Parravicini Katherina Cavalieri Laetitia Stott Fleur de Bray (soprano) Trumpet Sarah Campbell Teresa Salieri Timpani Beth Higham-Edwards Wendy Dawn Thompson (mezzo-soprano) Fortepiano played by Matthew Scott Salieri’s Cook Peter Willcock (bass-baritone) Salieri’s Valet Eamonn Mulhall (tenor) Creative Team Kapellmeister Bonno Andrew Macbean Director Michael Longhurst Major-Domo Everal A Walsh Designer Chloe Lamford Citizens of Vienna Music Director & Additional Music Nicholas Gerard-Martin Simon Slater Matthew Hargreaves (bass-baritone) Choreographer Imogen Knight Michael Lyle Lighting Designer Jon Clark Andrew Macbean Sound Designer Paul Arditti Robyn Allegra Parton (soprano) Eleanor Sutton Broadcast Team Everal A Walsh Director for Screen Tim Van Someren Technical Producer Southbank Sinfonia Christopher C Bretnall Lighting Director Bernie Davis Violin I Ruth Elder Sound Supervisor Conrad Fletcher Žanete Uškane Script Supervisor Laura Vallis Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes, with a very short interval Introducing National Theatre at Home We’re all about experiencing theatre together. At a time when many theatre fans around the world aren’t able to visit National Theatre Live venues or local theatres, we’re excited to bring you Amadeus via National Theatre at Home. National Theatre Live National Theatre Live shares the best of Our plays have been seen by over 10 British theatre direct from the stage to million people in 2,500 cinemas across cinema screens around the world. 65 countries since we launched in 2009. Working with the best theatres and ntlive.com producers, we simultaneously broadcast facebook/ntlive live theatre to cinemas across the UK, @ntlive Europe and sometimes North America, as well as capturing the live performance for encore screenings in other countries. Connect with us Explore Never miss out Go behind the scenes of Amadeus and Get the latest news from learn more about how our broadcasts National Theatre Live straight happen on our website. to your inbox. ntlive.com ntlive.com/signup Join in Watch Use #Amadeus and be a part If you loved the show, explore our YouTube of the conversation online. channel and watch interviews, behind the scenes videos and our favourite clips. /nationaltheatrelive youtube.com/ntdiscovertheatre @ntlive Introducing Amadeus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young multiple Olivier and Tony awards before prodigy, arrives in Vienna determined to being adapted into an Academy Award- make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, winning film. court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy it. In this production, directed by Michael Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a Longhurst (Constellations, The World war with Mozart, with music and, ultimately, of Extreme Happiness), Lucian Msamati with God. (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, ‘Master Harold’… and the boys) plays Salieri – Peter Shaffer’s iconic play had its premiere with live orchestral accompaniment by at the National Theatre in 1979, winning Southbank Sinfonia. Southbank Sinfonia Donate Southbank Sinfonia is internationally We know it’s a tough time for everyone recognised as a leading orchestral at the moment but as you enjoy National academy, each year bringing together 33 Theatre at Home, it would mean a lot if you of the world’s most promising graduate would consider a donation to support us. musicians to provide a much-needed springboard into the profession. Its To support the National Theatre annual fellowship provides unparalleled visit nationaltheatre.org.uk opportunities to gain crucial orchestral experience and the skills that 21st century To support Southbank Sinfonia visit musicians need to thrive. From their Rush southbanksinfonia.co.uk/support/ Hour Concerts at St John’s Waterloo to taking centre-stage in this National Theatre acclaimed production of Amadeus, the musicians bring their own exploratory impulse to classical music, asking anew what orchestras have the power to communicate in the modern world. southbanksinfonia.co.uk/ facebook.com/SouthbankSinfonia/ instagram.com/southbanksinfonia/.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • ANNUAL REVIEW 2015 -16 the RSC Acting Companies Are Generously Supported by the GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION and the KOVNER FOUNDATION
    ANNUAL REVIEW 2015 -16 The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION and THE KOVNER FOUNDATION. Hugh Quarshie and Lucian Msamati in Othello. 2015/16 has been a blockbuster year for Shakespeare and for the RSC. 400th anniversaries do not happen often and we wanted to mark 2016 with an unforgettable programme to celebrate Shakespeare’s extraordinary legacy and bring his work to a whole new generation. Starting its life in Stratford-upon-Avon, Tom Morton-Smith about Oppenheimer, we staged A Midsummer Night’s a revival of Miller’s masterpiece Dream in every nation and region Death of a Salesman, marking his of the UK, with 84 amateurs playing centenary, and the reopening of Bottom and the Mechanicals and The Other Place, our new creative over 580 schoolchildren as Titania’s hub. Our wonderful production of fairy train. This magical production Matilda The Musical continued on has touched the lives of everyone its life-enhancing journey, playing involved and we are hugely grateful on three continents to an audience to our partner theatres, schools and of almost 2 million. the amateur companies for making this incredible journey possible. Our work showcased the fabulous range of diverse talent from across We worked in partnership with the the country, and we are proud of the BBC to bring ‘Shakespeare Live! From increasing diversity of our audiences. the RSC’ to a television audience of 1.6m and to cinema audiences in People sometimes ask if Shakespeare 15 countries. The glittering cast is still relevant. The response from performed in the Royal Shakespeare audiences everywhere has been a Theatre to an audience drawn from resounding ‘yes’.
    [Show full text]
  • Amadeus June Book Club Healthy Living for Your Tuesday, June 13 Monday, June 26 Inside? 2:00 Pm the Wiser Driver with AAA 3:00 Pm Let’S Play Hearts (Game Room, 2Nd FL
    June Happenings (in Auditorium unless noted) Sing-Along at The Shores Friday, June 2 4:00 pm A Nature’s Journal with John Holzapfel Wednesday, June 14 & 28 Tuesday, June 6 2:00 pm Tasteful Chat (Fitness Lounge) 3:00 pm The Shores 3:00 pm Let’s Play Hearts (Game Room, 2nd FL. East Apts.) Wednesday, June 7 8:30 am Morning Chat (Bistro) Birthday Bash 7:30 pm Vineyard Seasons with Louisa Hargrave Thursday, June 8 Sign up for the Opera Begins Thursday, June 15 Saturday, June 10 1:00 pm Bistro Peconic Landing & The Alzheimer’s Association Long Island Chapter present: 2:00 pm Best of Broadway with Darren Ottati Sunday, June 11 What’s 3:00 pm Captured LIVE in HD! National Theatre presents: Amadeus June Book Club Healthy Living for Your Tuesday, June 13 Monday, June 26 inside? 2:00 pm The Wiser Driver with AAA 3:00 pm Let’s Play Hearts (Game Room, 2nd FL. East Apts.) The Summer Before the War Wednesday, June 14 By: Helen Simonson Cyber Security: Brain & Body 3:00 pm Sing Along at The Shores 4:00 pm 8:00 pm BINGO “Guarding the Thursday, June 15 Peconic Landing Library Thursday, June 29 Crown Jewels” 1:00 pm Birthday Bash (Bistro) -Page 2 7:00 pm Auditorium 2:00 pm ENCORE showing The MET Opera: Roméo et Juliette BINGO Friday, June 16 At any age, there are lifestyle habits we can adopt to help maintain or even potentially improve 11:30 am Pellegrini Winemaker’s Tour (pre-reg, space limited) Wednesday, June 14 & 28 (New Series!) our health.
    [Show full text]
  • Theatre in England 2011-2012 Harlingford Hotel Phone: 011-442
    English 252: Theatre in England 2011-2012 Harlingford Hotel Phone: 011-442-07-387-1551 61/63 Cartwright Gardens London, UK WC1H 9EL [*Optional events — seen by some] Wednesday December 28 *1:00 p.m. Beauties and Beasts. Retold by Carol Ann Duffy (Poet Laureate). Adapted by Tim Supple. Dir Melly Still. Design by Melly Still and Anna Fleischle. Lighting by Chris Davey. Composer and Music Director, Chris Davey. Sound design by Matt McKenzie. Cast: Justin Avoth, Michelle Bonnard, Jake Harders, Rhiannon Harper- Rafferty, Jack Tarlton, Jason Thorpe, Kelly Williams. Hampstead Theatre *7.30 p.m. Little Women: The Musical (2005). Dir. Nicola Samer. Musical Director Sarah Latto. Produced by Samuel Julyan. Book by Peter Layton. Music and Lyrics by Lionel Siegal. Design: Natalie Moggridge. Lighting: Mark Summers. Choreography Abigail Rosser. Music Arranger: Steve Edis. Dialect Coach: Maeve Diamond. Costume supervisor: Tori Jennings. Based on the book by Louisa May Alcott (1868). Cast: Charlotte Newton John (Jo March), Nicola Delaney (Marmee, Mrs. March), Claire Chambers (Meg), Laura Hope London (Beth), Caroline Rodgers (Amy), Anton Tweedale (Laurie [Teddy] Laurence), Liam Redican (Professor Bhaer), Glenn Lloyd (Seamus & Publisher’s Assistant), Jane Quinn (Miss Crocker), Myra Sands (Aunt March), Tom Feary-Campbell (John Brooke & Publisher). The Lost Theatre (Wandsworth, South London) Thursday December 29 *3:00 p.m. Ariel Dorfman. Death and the Maiden (1990). Dir. Peter McKintosh. Produced by Creative Management & Lyndi Adler. Cast: Thandie Newton (Paulina Salas), Tom Goodman-Hill (her husband Geraldo), Anthony Calf (the doctor who tortured her). [Dorfman is a Chilean playwright who writes about torture under General Pinochet and its aftermath.
    [Show full text]
  • Othello Teacher Pack 2015
    - 1 - Registered charity no. 212481 © Royal Shakespeare Company ABOUT THIS PACK This pack supports the RSC’s 2015 production of Othello, directed by Iqbal Khan, which opened on 4th June at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. The activities provided are specifically designed to support KS3-4 students studying or seeing the play, offering a deeper insight into the choices that can be explored through staging. ABOUT YOUNG SHAKESPEARE NATION Over the next six years, the RSC will stage the 36 plays that make up the First Folio of Shakespeare’s work. RSC Education invites you to join us on this inspirational journey in a new initiative called Young Shakespeare Nation. Whether you want to teach a new play or teach in a new way, Young Shakespeare Nation can give you the tools and resources you need. Find inspiration online with images, videos, more teachers’ packs and resources at www.rsc.org.uk/education Participate in our schools’ broadcast series Explore a new text or a new way of teaching through our CPD programme Try one of our range of courses for teachers and students in Stratford-upon-Avon. Find out more at www.rsc.org.uk/education These symbols are used throughout the pack: CONTENTS READ Notes from the production, About this Pack Page 2 background info or extracts Exploring the Story Page 3 ACTIVITY A Man’s World Page 6 A practical or open space activity Inconstancy Page 8 WRITE The Resolution Page 9 A classroom writing or discussion activity Resources Page 11 LINKS Useful web addresses and research tasks - 2 - Registered charity no.
    [Show full text]
  • <I>Amadeus</I> in London
    European Stages https://europeanstages.org Amadeus in London When Rufus Norris replaced the popular Nick Hytner as director of the British National Theatre in 2016, there was a certain amount of apprehension. Although Norris had produced a number of exciting and innovative works, primarily at the Young Vic, in the early years of this century, he had never directed a major house, and there were fears that he was not up to the job. So far his record has been mixed, with a number of not very successful new works and only one unqualified success, a revival of Peter Schaffer’s epic musical psychodrama Amadeus in October of 2016 (the play had premiered at this same theatre in 1979). The event was given increased significance by the death of its noted author in June of that year. Amadeus at the National Theatre. Photo: Marc Brenner. Given that great success, and the rather indifferent reception of other Norris offerings, it is not surprising that the National should revive this production at the beginning of 2017, and I attended the opening production of this much-anticipated revival. I found it well deserving of the praise it has received, and the credit for its success goes not to any single artist but to an unusually effective combination of talents. The play is of course dominated by two monumental figures, the narrator Salieri and the nemesis whom he claims to have destroyed, Mozart. Lucian Msamati is brilliant as the agonized Salieri, hailed as the greatest composer of his time, but inwardly obsessed by the knowledge that the clown/genius Mozart’s work is vastly superior to his own.
    [Show full text]
  • The Power of Modern Othello
    Conspectus Borealis Volume 5 Issue 1 5th Anniversary Issue Article 5 11-22-2019 The Power of Modern Othello Akasha Khalsa Northern Michigan University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.nmu.edu/conspectus_borealis Part of the Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory Commons, and the Literature in English, North America Commons Recommended Citation Khalsa, Akasha (2019) "The Power of Modern Othello," Conspectus Borealis: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1 , Article 5. Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/conspectus_borealis/vol5/iss1/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals and Peer-Reviewed Series at NMU Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Conspectus Borealis by an authorized administrator of NMU Commons. For more information, please contact Kevin McDonough. Khalsa 1 Akasha Khalsa HON 495X Dr. David Wood Nov. 22 2019 The Power of Modern Othello Through the centuries since it was composed, Shakespeare’s famous, perhaps infamous, play Othello has been making impressions on audiences for its intense plot and gruesome conclusion. As it was performed in 2019 in Canada’s Stratford Festival, Othello differed significantly from the production that was likely envisioned by its author in 1603. Significant changes within this 2019 interpretation of the drama included a modern setting, the fact that Emilia is a soldier along with her husband Iago, and the theatre’s innovative use of interpretive images projected as the background. The staging was not presented in the time period for which it was written. Instead, it was adapted to modernity and set in a time that was perhaps this year— perhaps today.
    [Show full text]
  • Don Gilet Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 6LD
    www.cam.co.uk Email [email protected] Address 55-59 Don Gilet Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 6LD Telephone +44 (0) 20 7292 0600 Film Title Role Director Production HOME RUN Small Jason Webb Magpie Films THE CORRUPTED DI Patterson Ron Scalpello Eclipse Films THE WONDERLAND EXPERIENCE Earthboy Ben Hardyment Urban Eye Films Television Title Role Director Production SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY Winston Hoyte Various Directors BBC Hannah Quinn & Daniel THE STRANGER Phillip Grifn Red Productions O'Hara SCARBOROUGH Joe Derren Litten BBC DEATH ON THE TYNE Alan - Shiny Button Bentley Productions for MIDSOMER MURDERS Bill Viner Matt Carter ITV THE LOCH Blake Albrighton Brian Kelly ITV BRIEF ENCOUTERS Kieran Jill Robertson ITV/CPL Productions HOLBY CITY Jesse Law (Regular) Various Directors BBC DEATH IN PARADISE AndreMorgan Richard Signy BBC One Gary 'Twatface' Thorpe ITV/Tiger Aspect LOVE & MARRIAGE WIZARDS VS ALIENS Debbie Isitt Richard Sherwood- Series 2 Productions CBBC FATHER BROWN Douglas Taylor Dominic Keavey BBC WIZARDS VS ALIENS Richard Sherwood Daniel O'Hara BBC ONE NIGHT DC Hutton David Evans BBC SEMI-DETACHED-PILOT Jake Kwame Kwei-Armah Jellylegs Production LTD ROLLIN' WITH THE ROBERTS - PILOT Chris Various Hartswood Films EASTENDERS Lucas-Regular Julian Simpson BBC HOTEL BABYLON Brad Shelford Duane Clark BBC CAPE WRATH Freddie Euros Lyn Ecosse TV Productions DR. WHO Lance Brian Percival BBC RUBY IN THE BLUE Hopkins Saul Dibb BBC THE LINE OF BEAUTY Leo Andy De Emmony/Brian BBC 55 DEGREES NORTH Nicky Cole - Regular Lead Kelly/Roberto Bangura
    [Show full text]
  • Tiata Fahodzi Info Pack and Job Description.Pages
    artistic director leadership programme spring 2017 “why keep going to the theatre if you seldom see yourself reflected there? Lyn Gardner, The Guardian 2014 !1 …gorgeous who we are theatre from a truly diverse company” Lenny Henry OBE tiata fahodzi (tee-ah-ta fa-hoon-zi) – a theatre company for Britain today and the Britain of tomorrow. tiata fahodzi was founded in 1997 by actor and director Femi Elufowoju Jnr. to tell stories about the African diaspora experience and to bring the richness and heritage of African theatre traditions to theatre-making here in the UK. Under his artistic directorship, the company sought to establish itself – project by project – through productions of contemporary texts by African writers, presented in London and sometimes regionally, offering a window into the West African experience – both back home and as immigrants to the UK. In 2010, actor Lucian Msamati became the company’s second Artistic Director. Earlier productions had told stories of emigration and diaspora (tickets and ties), and under Msamati the company’s work began to reflect on the relationship Britain and British Africans have with Africa. In late 2014, director Natalie Ibu took over as Artistic Director, and under her directorship we set ourselves to explore the mixed, multiple, multi- generational experience of what it is to be of African heritage in Britain today. In Natalie’s tenure, we continue to reflect the changing and developing diaspora with a particular interest in the dual and the in-between, in those who straddle worlds, cultures, languages, classes, heritages, races and struggles. It’s in this – the messy, the multiple and the complicated identity politics – that tiata fahodzi sits, acknowledging that our audiences are more complex and contrasting than ever.
    [Show full text]
  • Ebook Download Zog Ebook, Epub
    ZOG PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Julia Donaldson | 32 pages | 14 Mar 2017 | Scholastic | 9781407170763 | English | London, United Kingdom Zog PDF Book Edit Storyline A keen but accident-prone dragon learns how to become a dragon at Dragon School. Sign In Don't have an account? Planning on building an undead army for the Dark Lord, he extended his web of Acolytes to every corner of Mordor to call back to life fallen soldiers and old servants of Morgoth. Categories :. We cover ALL of your tech support and get things right the first time. Their ball-shaped heads rise from the center of the fish and have a circle of piercing bead-like eyes. You can unsubscribe at any time. When they finally made their escape, Zog pursued them but was captured in King Anko's coils where he was crushed to a mass of jelly-like pulp. Network Problems? Come to us. The splendid castle has towers of coral inlaid with silver, and windows of clear glass. The BBC has not yet released a trailer for Zog and the Flying Doctors but watch this space for any updates in that area! All about Zog. We love reading here at CBeebies! For Zog as a combination of man, beast, fish, fowl, and serpent, compare Glinkomok in " The Laughing Hippopotamus ," who is part man, beast, fish and fowl, and the tuxix in Policeman Bluejay , which is magician, sorcerer, wizard and witch, "all rolled into one Instead of feet, his legs end in hoofs shod with gold. Exclusive offer from Radio Times Get money off a BodyFit folding magnetic exercise bike With this great offer you can enjoy the ultimate workout at home! Photo Gallery.
    [Show full text]
  • Theatre Is a Political Act": Cincinnati's Experiment in a Trans-Theatre Encounter with Race Eric Brinkman
    Early Modern Culture Volume 13 Shakespeare in the Anthropocene Article 28 5-28-2018 "Theatre is a Political Act": Cincinnati's Experiment in a Trans-Theatre Encounter with Race Eric Brinkman Follow this and additional works at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/emc Recommended Citation Eric Brinkman (2018) ""Theatre is a Political Act": Cincinnati's Experiment in a Trans-Theatre Encounter with Race," Early Modern Culture: Vol. 13 , Article 28. Available at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/emc/vol13/iss1/28 This Theater Review is brought to you for free and open access by TigerPrints. It has been accepted for inclusion in Early Modern Culture by an authorized editor of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact [email protected]. “Theatre is a political act”: Cincinnati's Experiment in a Trans-Theatre Encounter with Race Othello Directed by Christopher V. Edwards Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati, Ohio Performance Dates: March 2-24, 2018 Red Velvet Directed by Brian Isaac Phillips Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; Cincinnati, Ohio Performance Dates: March 6-31, 2018 Reviewed by ERIC BRINKMAN n March 2018 audiences in Cincinnati had a chance to experience a thought- provoking act of trans-theatre company crosspollination: Brian Isaac Phillips, Ithe artistic director at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (CSC), directed the Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati production of Red Velvet, a play about the first Black actor to play Othello on stage in London’s West End. While CSC was concurrently staging a production of Othello with guest director
    [Show full text]
  • 13 September 2019 Page 1 of 9
    Radio 4 Extra Listings for 7 – 13 September 2019 Page 1 of 9 SATURDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2019 of the notorious Goriller of 3B's guide to skool life for tiny HunterAn Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4 first pupils and their parents.Aided by best friend Peason and broadcast in August 2015. SAT 00:00 Fear on 4 (b0080hnc) thwarted by everyone from Grabber the skool bully to SAT 05:30 Cooking in a Bedsitter (b08575wj) The Blood of Eva Bergen Wandsworth the skool dog, Nigel Molesworth teaches us the ins Series 1 Claire is a talented young pianist who falls under the spell of Mr and outs of skool life - including how to avoid lessens and how Potato Salad Iliev, a musician haunted by a woman called Eva Bergen - and to build your own H-bomb.Molesworth ...... Imelda Beattie Edmondson and Nikesh Patel star in Sue Teddern's new the power she once had over him...Tales of horror and StauntonPeason ...... Sophie ThompsonGrabber ...... Jack comedy, set in a 1960s' bedsitter, inspired by Katharine suspense.Written by Paul Sirett.Claire ...... Tilly GauntMr Iliev FarthingPrudence ...... Jessica Brown Findlay Headmaster ...... Whitehorn's cookery classic. In this episode, Trisha introduces ...... John CastleTom ...... Giles FaganPianist: Mary Patrick Barlow Chief Prune ...... Lewis Macleod Adapted by Deepak to the delights of the British seaside. Trisha.....Beattie NashProducer: Marilyn ImrieFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Patrick Barlow and George Poles from the books by Geoffrey EdmondsonDeepak.....Nikesh PatelJune.....Alison February 1999. Willans and Ronald Searle, with additional material by Abigail BelbinLen.....John BowlerSal.....Catriona SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b0076ksg) Wilson.Director: Patrick BarlowProducer: Liz AnsteeA CPL McFarlaneNev.....Gavi Singh CheraKatharine Obsessive Compulsives production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2014.
    [Show full text]
  • Black British Theatre: a Transnational Perspective
    Black British Theatre: A Transnational Perspective Volume 1 of 2 Submitted by Michael Christopher Pearce, to the University of Exeter as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Drama, January 2013. This thesis is available for Library use on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. I certify that all material in this thesis which is not my own work has been identified and that no material has previously been submitted and approved for the award of a degree by this or any other University. (Signature) ........................................................................................ 1 Abstract This thesis examines post-war black British theatre through a transnational lens. It argues that the hitherto prioritization of a national paradigm in discussions of black British theatre is not sufficiently complex to chart the historical processes that have shaped it and the multiple spatial, cultural, and political contexts in which it has been generated. This thesis finds that a transnational optic exposes a network of connections – physical, ideological and psychic – between blacks in Britain and other global black communities which have shaped and transformed the lives of Britain‟s black communities and their cultural production. The thesis is divided into three chapters: the USA (chapter 1), the Caribbean (chapter 2), and Africa (chapter 3). Each chapter represents a specific geo- cultural-political space with which black British theatre has an important relationship. Each chapter follows the same broad structure: the first half of the chapter establishes a particular transnational process and mode of analysis which frames the ensuing historical discussion; the second half is devoted to an analysis of two contemporary black British dramatists.
    [Show full text]