Open AccessAESTHETIC DIMENSIONS OF OLA ROTIMI’S THEATRE
Author(s) -
Odiri Solomon Ejeke
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international review of humanities studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2477-6866
DOI - 10.7454/irhs.v6i2.345
Subject(s) - drama , postmodern theatre , theatre studies , creativity , aesthetics , style (visual arts) , art , theatre director , theatre criticism , phenomenon , subject (documents) , simplicity , literature , visual arts , sociology , postmodernism , literary criticism , philosophy , psychology , literary science , epistemology , social psychology , library science , computer science
The study examines Ola Rotimi’s Theatre from both the literary and theatrical perspectives. The study contends that Ola Rotimi created/developed simplicity of style both in his playwriting and in theatre practice. The study also notes that Rotimi has created the drama and theatre of lasting quality through his knowledge of the culture and tradition of his people and his copious deployment of Para-linguistic aesthetics in his plays. Rotimi anchores all these on his knowledge of world theatre in his practice, thus creating the phenomenon of total theatre. The study concludes that the laws of the theatre are provisional and subject to change, derived from creativity and not from theory.KEYWORDS: Ola Rotimi, Aesthetic Dimensions, African Theatre, Playwriting, Para-linguistic aesthetics, Theatre Practice