POSITIONING THE AFRICAN SCENOGRAPHIC IDIOM IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRICAL SPACE-A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE
| dc.contributor.author | Iwuh, John | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-10T12:41:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-10T12:41:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines scenography within the African theatre concept, vis-à vis the ideological pressure from its European precursor (scenographically). It is important to understand the dilemma which African scenography faces due to the transformations African theatre performance has gone through in adapting to modern theatrical demands. These influences cannot be ignored while trying to re-invent, reposition or re-assert the African environmental portraiture in African theatrical performances. One of the factors remains the play-text which informs design, irrespective • of its various sub-cultural contexts. The other is space which accommodates the intended outcome owing to the present status quo of theatre patrons and audiences. And the third is the technology which aids and modifies the final picture of scenery. A look at three categories of play shows that there is a shift in the portraiture of their scenic environments and the search for relative independence of each type. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4149 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Uyo Journal of Cultural Research | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 6 | |
| dc.title | POSITIONING THE AFRICAN SCENOGRAPHIC IDIOM IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRICAL SPACE-A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE | |
| dc.type | Article |