TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mda,Zakes
TI  - When people play people: development communication through theatre 
SN  - 1856492001
AV  - PN2969. M42 1993
U1  - 792.096 
PY  - 1993///]
CY  - Johannesburg, London, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
PB  - Witwatersand University Press, Zed Books
KW  - Theater and society
KW  - Africa
KW  - Community development
KW  - Drama in education
KW  - Theater
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Communication in rural development
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; 1; Introduction: Development Communication in Africa --; 2; Perspectives --; The development of theatre --; The Laedza Batanani experience --; The crucial problem of form and ideology --; A brief assessment --; Development communication models --; Definition of basic concepts --; 3; Lesotho: A Case Study --; The problems of underdevelopment --; The communication environment --; Marotholi Travelling Theatre --; 4; Traditional and Popular Media in Lesotho --; 5; Theatre-for-Development as Communication --; 6; People Play People: The Theatre of Marotholi --; Agitprop: Kopano ke Matla! --; Participatory agitprop: the Rural Sanitation Play --; Simultaneous dramaturgy: the Agro-Action Play --; Forum Theatre: the Trade Union Play --; Participatory theatre/comgen theatre: the Alcoholism Play --; 7; The Concept of Intervention --; The intervention-participation-conscientisation relationship --; Optimal intervention --; 8; Conclusions --; The efficacy of theatre in development communication --; Problems of underdevelopment --; Assets and liabilities of different methods of theatre-for-development --; Appendix: The Plays --; Kopano ke Matla! --; Rural Sanitation Play --; Agro-Action Play --; Trade Union Play --; Alcoholism Play --; Bibliography --; Index
ER  -