Mary Kingsley
The Africa Trilogy: Part Two
"Mary Kingsley" is the second play in the critically acclaimed "Africa Trilogy" by Swedish Theatre Albatross. The play "Mary Kingsley" is based on the true story about Mary Kingsley, who caused a scandal when she by the end of the 1800es began anthropological studies of West African women, all by herself.
Information
(Objekt ID 4184)| Object type | Production |
| Produced by | Theatre Albatross |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Dance theatre, Storytelling theatre, Physical theatre, Monologue, Theatre |
| Website | Teater Albatross |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
In "The Africa Trilogy" Africa of the past and the present meet in three plays, all of them highlighting how the African has had to suffer in meeting with Western cultural imperialism
"Mary Kingsley" is a play in which a life is seen in relief against gender roles, imperialism and science, performed as a monologue merged with music and movement.
Source: Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival, www.pit.no, 29.07.2010, http://www.pit.no/show_details.asp?ID=769
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Charlotta Grimfjord Cederblad | – Script |
| Robert Jakobsson | – Direction |
| Åsa Lieberath | – Stage design |
| Charlotta Grimfjord Cederblad | – Actor |
| Anna Ottertun | – Musician |
| June 27, 2010 | Show |
| June 26, 2010 | Show |