The dramatic art of Athol Fugard : from South Africa to the world /

Considered one of the most brilliant, powerful, and theatrically astute of modern dramatists, South African playwright Athol Fugard is best known for The Blood Knot, "MASTER HAROLD" ... and the boys, A Lesson from Aloes, and Sizwe Bansi Is Dead. The energy and poignancy of Fugard's wo...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Wertheim, Albert.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2000.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Early work and early themes.
  • 2. The Port Elizabeth plays: The voice with which we speak from the heart.
  • 3. "Acting" against Apartheid.
  • 4. Dimetos: Fugard's first problem play.
  • 5. The drama as teaching and learning: trauerspiel, tragedy, hope, and race.
  • 6. The other problem plays
  • 7. Writing to right: scripting Apartheid's demise.
  • 8. Where do we, where do I, go from here? Performing a New South Africa.