LEADER 03054nam 2200421 a 450 001 9910967441903321 005 20250416110634.0 010 $a9789956790432 : (ebk : EbookCentral) 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1220915 035 $a(PPN)220193223 035 $a(CKB)2670000000389502 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88827242 035 $a(BIP)65390705 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000389502 100 $a20130625d2013 uy d 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#|||uuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDance of the vampires & six other plays /$fBole Butake 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMankon $cLangaa$d2013 215 $axiv, 378p 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 327 $aCover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface One. Tribute to Bole Butake, A Literary Luminary -- Preface Two. Bole Butake - And The Playwright Retires: Cameroon's ace playwright and actor, Prof. Bole Butake talks on his university teaching career as he prepares to retire at the end of this month. -- Part I - Dance of the Vampires -- Dramatis Personae -- First Movement -- Second Movement -- Third Movement -- Fourth Movement -- Fifth Movement -- Sixth Movement -- Part II - Family Saga -- Dramatis Personae -- First Movement -- Second Movement -- Third Movement -- Fourth Movement -- Fifth Movement -- Sixth Movement -- Seventh Movement -- Eighth Movement -- Part III - Lake God -- Dramatis Personae -- Prologue -- Passage -- Part IV - Betrothal without Libation -- Dramatis Personae -- Act One -- Act Two -- Act Three -- Part V - And Palm-wine will Flow -- Dramatis Personae -- Part VI - The Rape of Michelle -- Dramatis Personae -- Scene I -- Scene II -- SCENE III -- Scene IV -- Epilogue -- Part VII - Shoes -- Characters -- The Beginning Was ... -- ...And Never Shall Be Again -- Back cover. 330 $aThis crowning collection brings together seven of Bole Butake?s finest plays since 1984, namely: Dance of the Vampires; Family Saga; Lake God; Betrothal Without Libation; And Palm Wine Will Flow; The Rape of Michelle; and Shoes. More than an academic, Butake has distinguished himself as a playwright, unearthing and foregrounding the ills, travails and predicaments of a land and people trapped by the blood-dripping impunities of vampires in power. In his rich repertoire of over ten plays, Butake takes sides with the downtrodden, the wretched of the earth, the deprived and the underdogs. His jabs and jibes, aimed at the rulers, are scathing, at times vitriolic. He has excelled at a stubborn determination to ignore the sinecures, lure and allure of power without responsibility. 606 $aAfrican drama (English) 606 $aVampires$vDrama 615 0$aAfrican drama (English) 615 0$aVampires 676 $a812.59 700 $aButake$b Bole$01804741 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bt 912 $a9910967441903321 996 $aDance of the vampires & six other plays$94352933 997 $aUNINA