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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.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201559724210,"sku":"9780192829252","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780192829252_888ee904-2fb7-4ba7-93d4-0e5d7eb99b93.jpg?v=1786010989"},{"product_id":"9781786896155","title":"Tsotsi","description":"\u003cp\u003eTsotsi is an angry young gang leader in the South African township of Sophiatown. A man without a past, he exists only to kill and steal. But when he captures a woman one night in a moonlit grove of bluegum trees, she shoves a shoebox into his arms: the box contains a baby and his life is inexorably changed. 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This volume in the \u003ci\u003eGlobal Theatre Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e series presents a reconstructed ancient performance text, four one-act indigenous African plays and five modern dramas from various regions of Africa and the Caribbean Diaspora. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause these plays span centuries and are the work of artists from diverse cultures, readers can see elements that occur across time and space. Physicalized ritual, direct interaction with spectators, improvisation, music, drumming, and metaphorical animal characters help create the theatrical forms in multiple plays. Recurring themes include the establishment or challenging of political authority, the oppression or corruption of government, societal expectations based on gender, the complex and transformational nature of identity, and the power of dreams. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough each play is its own unique entity, reading them together allows readers to explore what theatrical elements and cultural concerns are perhaps essentially African. The Caribbean plays add further perspective to the questions of what values, theatrical and societal, are part of African drama, how these have influenced the Caribbean aesthetic, and what the relationships are between the old and new world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the creators of the pieces are two Nobel Laureates, those who have been exiled or jailed for the political nature of their work, and the author of his country’s first constitution. The volume can serve as the primary text for an intensive semester-long investigation of African drama and culture. But it is also possible to use this volume along with others in the series as texts for a single course on drama from around the world. The global perspectives approach, letting works from ancient, indigenous, and modern times resonate with each other, encourages thinking across boundaries and connective human understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56297718579573,"sku":"9781350360686","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350360686_ad1a45d9-0a93-4962-b53d-832228508487.jpg?v=1786018628"},{"product_id":"9781350360693","title":"Global Theatre Anthologies","description":"The power of theatrical performance is universal, but the style and concerns of theatre are specific to individual cultures. 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More than 30 years after the end apartheid, it remains a compelling and relevant play that is still widely performed.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57510281609589,"sku":"9781868141173","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781868141173.jpg?v=1787130630"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-athol-fugard.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}