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JAMES ENE HENSHAW (1924 - 2007) |
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Nationality: Nigerian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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As one of the pioneering dramatists in Nigeria, James Ene Henshaw was also one of the first to be published outside West Africa. This is Our Chance, which has undergone many reprints, has been extremely popular in West Africa since its first production by the Association of Students of African Descent in Dublin in 1948. It has been staged by professional companies as well as school and amateur groups. Surgeon, author and administrator, Henshaw was born on Aug. 29, 1924 in Calabar, Nigeria. He attended the National University of Ireland (1943-49) and university of Wales Postgraduate school, Cardiff, Wales, UK from where he obtained his medical degrees. He served in various professional and public service positions at home and abroad and earned several honours including Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) and Knight of the Order of St. Gregory (KSG) by his Holiness Pope Paul V1. A prolific writer who carved a niche for himself especially in playwriting, some of his notable works include: This is Our Chance (Plays from West Africa); Medicine for Love; Dinner for Promotion; Enough is Enough; A Song to Mary Charles - Irish Sister of Charity, and many scholarly articles in national and international journals One thing for which Henshaw should be remembered is the fact that his was the first attempt to be regarded as authentic African drama to be performed by African people. As Henshaw himself recounted of This is Our Chance, he had set out, consciously, to write plays whose scenes take place in surroundings that are not far removed from Africa. His plays, inexorably, capture the pulse and moments of his West African society. They speak of the declining morality of a newly independent society, the failure of becoming, in political and ethical terms, among the evolving elite in society and so on. Henshaw died on 16th August 2007, while working on his last project, translating Shakespeare's Julius Caesar into his native Efik language.
Plays by James Ene Henshaw
Children Of The Goddess | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1964 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16316 | |||
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Companion For A Chief | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1964 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16317 | |||
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Dinner For Promotion | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1967 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | can be obtained from james.henshaw@sky.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16318 | |||
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Enough Is Enough | ||
| 1st Produced: | Benin City, Nigeria | 1975 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Ethiope, Benin City, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16319 | |||
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Jewels Of The Shrine | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1957 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16320 | |||
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Magic In The Blood | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1964 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Children of the Goddess and Other Plays", University of London Press, London, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16321 | |||
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Man Of Character, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ilorin | 1970 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "This Is Our Chance", University of London Press, London, 1957 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16322 | |||
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Medicine For Love | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1964 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | can be obtained from james.henshaw@sky.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16323 | |||
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Song To Mary Charles, Irish Sister Of Charity | ||
| 1st Produced: | Owerri | 1981 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Etewa, Calabar, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16324 | |||
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This Is Our Chance | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin | 1947 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "This Is Our Chance", University of London Press, London, 1957. can be obtained from james.henshaw@sky.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16325 | |||
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