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Act V — Books & Plays

Books, Plays & Introductions

Authored books, published stage plays, and introductions written for the published plays of fellow playwrights.

Books

i.

Emmanuel Emasealu. The Theatre of Ola Rotimi: Production and Performance Dynamics. Minna: Gurara Books Limited, 2010.

ii.

Emmanuel Emasealu and Ezechi Onyerionwu. The Africanist Sensibility in Diplomacy: A Biography of Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi. Ibadan: Kraft Books Ltd., 2016.

iii.

Emmanuel Emasealu. A Day for Joy. Ibadan: Kraft Books Ltd., 2024.

Plays

i.

Emmanuel Emasealu. The Gardeners (a full-length play). Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited, 2008.

ii.

Emmanuel Emasealu. Nerves (a one-act play). Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited, 2011.

Introductions to Plays

i.

Emmanuel Oga (published under his former name, OGA, Emmanuel). "Introduction" to Segun Ashade's Struggle in Bondage (a stage play). Abeokuta: Gbemi Sodipo Press Ltd., 1988, pp. ix–x.

ii.

Emmanuel Oga (published under his former name, OGA, Emmanuel). "Introduction" to Barclays Ayakoroma's A Chance to Survive and Other Plays. Port Harcourt: Dee-Gold Publishers, 2002, pp. viii–xii.

Editorial Works

i.

Emmanuel Emasealu. Editor of seven issues of The CRAB Journal of Theatre and Media Arts (JTMA): Vol. 1 No. 1, June 2005; Vol. 1 No. 2, June 2006; No. 3, June 2007; No. 4, June 2008; No. 5, June 2009; No. 6, June 2010; and No. 7, June 2011.

ii.

Emmanuel Emasealu, Ezechi Onyerionwu, and Ngozi Chris Nkoro (eds.). A Mine of Thought and Letters: Essays in African Theatre and Literature in Honour of Ossie Enekwe. Aba: ANA, 2009.

iii.

Emmanuel Emasealu and Jonathan Mbachaga (eds.). Studies on Ecocriticism. Makurdi: BookWorks Publishers, 2018.

iv.

Emmanuel Emasealu (ed.). Nollywood Practice: Journal of Directors' Guild of Nigeria. Port Harcourt: University of Port Harcourt Press.

v.

Emmanuel Emasealu, Edward Imo, and Sunday Edum (eds.). The Orukoro Artiste: A Festschrift for Professor Henry Leopold Bell-Gam. Choba, Port Harcourt: UlchDigi Print and Services Nig.

vi.

Emmanuel Emasealu (ed.). EGOR: Journal of Theatre and Performance Arts. Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Port Harcourt.