The Township Plays

Author: Athol Fugard
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780192829252
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
'elegant reissue' -Plays International, Summer 2000'They are the wonderfully moving and amusing 'Sizwe Bansi is Dead',... 'The Coat' (previously unavailable), the urgently profound 'The Island'... Anyone interested in freedom or drama should buy this book.' Day by Day

Plays One

Author: Athol Fugard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Blood Knot, and Other Plays

Author: Athol Fugard
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN: 9781559360203
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
The brothers of Blood Knot-- one dark-skinned, one light-- betray their dreams of a better future with the impossible wish of passing for white. In Hello and Goodbye, a poor white brother and sister churn their once-promising past to comprehend their bleak present. Boesman and Lena, a black husband and wife, tramp homelessly through a severe and unforgiving landscape, discovering strength and recovering devotion through an encounter with a mysterious old African.

The Road to Mecca

Author: Athol Fugard
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573660184
Category : Aging
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Sorrows and Rejoicings

Author: Athol Fugard
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573629914
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Two women meet in a small Karoo village after the funeral of David, the man they both loved. One is white and was his wife. The other is black and the mother of his child. David, who was driven into exile because of his political activism against apartheid, reappears in the searing memories of the women. During a hot afternoon of truth and reconciliation, treaties of love are painfully hammered out. The young confront the old, and what is hope for these individuals is hope for the new South Africa.

The Blood Knot

Author: Athol Fugard
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573640032
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
Blood Knot is a parable of two brothers who share a one-room shack near Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Zachariah is dark-skinned and Morris, light-skinned. They share the same mother but find their differences lead them to a common bond as brothers and men. Saving to buy a farm where they may retire Morris is the "slave", cooking and cleaning while Zach earns money for them both. When Morrie joins a lonely hearts club on his brother's behalf, they find themselves awaiting the visit of a White woman who will never arrive.

Valley Song

Author: Athol Fugard
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573626500
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Playland

Author: Athol Fugard
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573694776
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Statements

Author: Athol Fugard
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559366958
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
Developed in workshops with award-winning actors, these are the works in Fugard's canon that most directly confront the dehumanizing brutality of apartheid. Includes: Sizwe Bansi is Dead, The Island, and Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act.

Victory

Author: Athol Fugard
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 0822223147
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
CRADLE AND ALL is a smart, pitch-perfect play that is a cut-to-the-bone look at how babies can expose secrets their parents want hidden. With evident humor, Goldfarb has churned up all those little things that drive couples crazy. The play often feels so A contemporary companion piece to The Temperamentals, this engrossing three-character drama addresses the struggle for many to accept their homosexuality while adhering to their religious beliefs, in this case those of Orthodox Judaism...The play explores