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Monarchs, missionaries & African intellectuals African theater and the unmaking of colonial marginality

"Two case studies constitute the core around which is woven this intriguing story of the development of black theatre in South Africa in the early years of the century. The first centres on Mariannhill Mission in Natal. Here the evangelical and pedagogical drama pioneered by the Rev Bernard Hiss is considered alongside the work of one of the mission's most eminent alumni, the poet and scholar, B.W. Vilakazi. The second moves to Johannesburg and gives a detailed insight into the working of the Bantu Dramatic Society and the drama of H.I.E. Dholomo in relation to the British Drama League and other white liberal cultural activities"--Page 4 of cover.

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