Perhaps, in a decade from now, we will look back at this moment in time and wince at the fact that there was an evident and urgent need to have a broader and more representative curriculum. The work that's being done now, by publishers and exam boards and policymakers, is clearly long overdue but it's an important step forward in the sense that the canon or what's studied becomes a bit less pale, stale and male. This is where books like Global Theatre Anthologies are worth their weight in gold. Its subtitle, ‘Ancient, Indigenous and Modern Plays from Africa and the Disapora’ is both impressive and telling you everything you need to know.
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