<Li> Theatre of the Absurd </Li> <P> After the great popularity of the British Edwardian musical comedies, the American musical theatre came to dominate the musical stage, beginning with the Princess Theatre musicals, followed by the works of the Gershwin brothers, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart, and later Rodgers and Hammerstein . </P> <P> The earliest recorded quasi-theatrical event dates back to 2000 BC with the "passion plays" of Ancient Egypt . The story of the god Osiris was performed annually at festivals throughout the civilization . </P> <P> Modern theatre in Ghana emerged in the early 20th century . It emerged first as literary comment on the colonization of Africa by Europe . Among the earliest work in which this can be seen is The Blinkards written by Kobina Sekyi in 1915 . The Blinkards is a blatant satire about the Africans who embraced the European culture that was brought to them . In it Sekyi demeans three groups of individuals: anyone European, anyone who imitates the Europeans, and the rich African cocoa farmer . This sudden rebellion though was just the beginning spark of Ghanaian literary theater . </P>

Which of the following did not play a significant role in the emergence of the romantic movement