Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Staging language: Place and identity in the enactment, performance and representation of regional dialects -- 2 Further theoretical considerations -- 3 Staging language in performance: Comedy and parody -- 4 Staging language in performance: Comedy and parody in contemporary Afro Caribbean performances -- 5 Staging language in performance: Performance poetry and drama -- 6 Agentive and situational dialect use: Place and identity in and beyond staged performance -- References -- Index