The Township Plays
No-Good Friday; Nongogo; The Coat; Sizwe Bansi is Dead; The Island
Athol Fugard author Dennis Walder editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:5th Aug '93
£11.99
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The five plays collected here offer a unique insight into the role of theatre in a situation of oppression. They were produced in close collaboration with their original black amateur casts, drawing on their lives and everyday experiences in the townships. They range from the early apprentice work of the brash but vital Sophiatown plays, No-Good Friday and Nongogo, to the freer, more urgent, and profound New Brighton plays, including the most famous Sizwe Bansi is Dead and The Island, and the previously unavailable The Coat.
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
ISBN: 9780192829252
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 17mm
Weight: 203g
272 pages