Opposing Apartheid on Stage : King Kong the Musical /: King Kong the Musical. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tyler Fleming.
• Authors: Fleming, Tyler
• Contents: Introduction; "Marvelous Muscles": A History of Ezekiel Dlamini, the Real "King Kong"; Creating a "Back of the Moon": The Union of Southern African Artists and Interracial Collaboration Behind the "All-African" Musical; "Quickly in Love": Popular Receptions of 1959 King Kong and Entertaining the Possibilities of a Different South Africa(s); "Kwela Kong": The Trials and Tribulations of a South African Musical Abroad in 1961; "Sad Times, Bad Times": Issues of Exile, the King Kong Cast, and South African Jazz in Britain, 1961-1980; "The Boy's [and Girl's] Doin' It":Moving to America and Re-Discovering Africa, 1960-1989; "Death Song": The 1979 Remake of King Kong And the Power of Cultural Memories Under Apartheid; Bibliography
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Rochester : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (428 pages)
• Subjects: PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Broadway & Musicals; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination; Theatre direction & production
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787446564; 1787446565
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.