Kuyanuka and other Plays
Title | Kuyanuka and other Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Gha-Makhulu Diniso |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 93 |
Release | 2009-10-19 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1990922457 |
Kuyanuka and other Plays by Gha-Makhulu Diniso is also a collection of three one person plays; Kuyanuka was first performed in 1991, Koropa in 2000 and Shoeville in 2005. As critic Darryl Accone observes: It is precisely because of his conscience and commitment to true freedom that Diniso remains an artist neglected in his own country. Not for him complacency about the much lip-serviced Rainbow Nation, a least not while the stench of inequality not only persists but grow fouler by the day. There is no extravagant escapism imported from abroad and peddled to the nouveaux riches and petite bourgeois of the New South Africa. Instead though the creation of multiple characters reflecting the harshness of life under the neo-liberal economic order, Diniso expresses the problematic of celebrating political freedom when most black people find their living standards under threat and soaring unemployment and casualization undermining much of the early liberation promise.
Botsotso 16: poetry, short fiction, essays, photographs and drawings
Title | Botsotso 16: poetry, short fiction, essays, photographs and drawings PDF eBook |
Author | Botsotso |
Publisher | Botsotso Publishing |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2019-05-09 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0981420524 |
The Botsotso literary journal started in 1996 as a monthly 4 page insert in the New Nation, an independent anti-apartheid South African weekly and reached over 80,000 people at a time – largely politisized black workers and youth – with a selection of poems, short stories and short essays that reflected the deep changes taking place in the country at that time. Since the closure of the New Nation in 1999, the journal has evolved into a stand-alone compilation featuring the same mix of genres, and with the addition of photo essays and reviews. The Botsotso editorial policy remains committed to creating a mix of voices which highlight the diverse spectrum of South African identities and languages, particularly those that are dedicated to radical expression and examinations of South Africa's complex society.
Ikasi and other plays
Title | Ikasi and other plays PDF eBook |
Author | Gha-Makhulu Diniso |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2017-11-23 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1990922449 |
Ikasi and other Plays by Gha-Makhulu Diniso is a collection of three one person plays; the first two, Ikasi and Igazi, were written and performed by him in the early 1990s; the third, Ekbog, is a product of the more recent period. As critic Adrienne Sichel notes, his theatre is best described as a theatre of defiance for many of the evils he satirizes relate to both the Apartheid regime and to the New South Africa: governmental and corporate arrogance and corruption facilitating a morass of greed and individualism at both a personal and public level. The language and techniques used are popular and surreal in equal measure; importantly Diniso has remained true to his native community, Sharpeville, a highly politisized township co-habiting uneasily with Vereeniging, well known as a conservative white town some hundred kilometers south of Johannesburg.
In the Continuum and Other Plays
Title | In the Continuum and Other Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Rory Kilalea |
Publisher | Weaver Press |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2019-09-05 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1779220847 |
Belonging : a radio play / by Mirirai Moyo -- Introduction to Belonging / Rory Kilalea -- Notes and questions. When I meet my mother / by Kathleen McCreery -- Introduction to When I meet my mother / by Michael Bourdillon -- Notes and questions. In the continuum / by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter -- Introduction to In the continuum / by Rory Kilalea -- Notes and questions. Power failure : a radio play / by Jide Olugbenga Afolayan -- Introduction to Power failure / by Rory Kilalea -- Notes and questions.
Kaspar and Other Plays
Title | Kaspar and Other Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Handke |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 154 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0809015463 |
Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's first full-length drama, hailed in Europe as "the play of the decade" and compared in importance to Waiting for Godot Kaspar is the story of an autistic adolescent who finds himself at a complete existential loss on the stage, with but a single sentence to call his own. Drilled by prompters who use terrifyingly funny logical and alogical language-sequences, Kaspar learns to speak "normally" and eventually becomes creative--"doing his own thing" with words; for this he is destroyed. In Offending the Audience and Self-Accusation, one-character "speak-ins," Handke further explores the relationship between public performance and personal identity, forcing us to reconsider our sense of who we are and what we know.
No Exit
Title | No Exit PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Paul Sartre |
Publisher | |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780329044930 |
The respectful prostitute. Four plays written by the French existentialist philosopher and writer addressing such topics as hell, racism, and conduct of life.
Kuyanuka and Other Plays
Title | Kuyanuka and Other Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Gamakhulu Diniso |
Publisher | |
Pages | 89 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780981406862 |