Athol Fugard

Drama set in South Africa during apartheid.

"Master Harold"-- and the Boys

In the Johannesburg township of Soweto, a young, black gangster in South Africa, who leads a group of violent criminals, slowly discovers the meaning of compassion, dignity, and his own humanity. Reprint. A South African film, releasing February 2006 by Miramax) (General Fiction)

Tsotsi

Grand Theatre Collection (University of Guelph)

Theatre Passe Muraille Archives (University of Guelph)

Scott McKowen Collection

Master Harold and the Boys

'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

No-Good Friday; Nongogo; The Coat; Sizwe Bansi is Dead; The Island

The Township Plays

"Set on the Swartkops mudflats, just outside Port Elizabeth, the play deals with two squatters. They are on a journey with all their worldly possessions after their shack was bulldozed."--P. [4] of cover.

Boesman and Lena

A Lesson from Aloes

John Kani

Winston Ntshona

"Sizwe Bansi Is Dead reveals the perversities of human identity in a country where a man is equal to his passbook. The Island celebrates the strength of man's connection to man, even within the dehumanizing confines of a prison cell on Robben Island. Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act depicts the shattering of two lives under the harsh glare of South Africa's miscegenation laws."--Publisher description.

Statements

The long-awaited post-Apartheid play by one of the greatest playwrights in South Africa and the world.

Valley Song

Playland

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.

Blood Knot, and Other Plays

"Generational conflict over the most effective means for ending apartheid in South Africa lead to an explosive confrontation between a gifted but impatient black township youth and his devoted but "old fashioned" black teacher ... The unexpected involvement of a young white woman who befriends and learns from both men strips away the political trappings to reveal the human trauma at the heart of South Africa's ... tragedy."--Publisher description.

My Children! My Africa!

A challenging examination of race relations in post-apartheid South Africa from an iconic playwright.

The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek

A South African pastor and a young teacher from Cape Town battle over the fate of an eccentric elderly widow. The play won the 1988 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play.

The Road to Mecca

A play about two brothers who lose themselves in illusory hopes and dreams. Naive optimism and self-delusion finally give way to self-reflection and consciousness, and the brothers abandon their role-playing and embrace their brotherhood.

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