Black and Asian Theatre In Britain: A History

Black and Asian Theatre In Britain: A HistoryBlack and Asian Theatre in Britain is an unprecedented study tracing the history of the Other through the ages in British theatre. The diverse and often contradictory aspects of this history are expertly drawn together to provide a detailed background to the work of African, Asian, and Caribbean diasporic companies and practitioners. Colin Chambers examines early forms of blackface and other representations in the sixteenth century, through to the

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