Drama Glossary
Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.
The national drama company of Ghana’s National Theatre.
Inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists.
The capital city of Ghana.
A portmanteau of "agitation" and "propaganda," a type of political propaganda used in art, literature, and performance.
The largest ethnic group in both Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
Traveling troupes of masked performers.
A literary dramatic form developed by Efua Sutherland.
A trickster character in Ghanaian storytelling, often taking the form of a spider.
A recurring symbol or idea in literature, art, or culture.
The scripts of Kathakalī dance-dramas.
Experimental theatre that began in France in the mid-nineteenth century as a reaction against accepted traditional theatre and dramatic ideas.
A province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.