Theatre
Fasi
Not translated into English
Anoumou Pedro Santos · 1956
Synopsis
A comedy first staged in 1956 on a familiar theme: parents want to marry their daughter to an old, rich man, but the girl and the man she loves stand together against this plan. Neither the names of the characters nor the details of the action are known; what is known of the play comes from an encyclopaedia entry, the other literary histories retaining of it only its date and its place at the origins of the country's theatre.
Context
Overviews of Togolese literature date the beginning of the country's theatre to this play, published in 1956. The genre took off after 1960, to the point of long eclipsing the novel; then the political situation forced several of its pioneers into exile and the public deserted the theatres. No copy of the text has been found, and the article in the Norwegian encyclopedia written at the University of Bergen is the only one to report its plot.
Who it is for
A comedy in French whose text can hardly be found any more; all that is known is its subject, its author and the year of its first performance.
Prizes and reception
Regarded by the country's literary histories as the first play of Togolese theatre; awarded a prize in Dakar in 1957 according to one source.
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