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Two very different women meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty; an old man and child share a last, loving waltz; a cynical, disabled gangster learns humanity from a committed social worker; and a young girl finds her missing father and her role in the political struggle. This colleciton of three plays and one cine poem captures the essence of Zakes Mda's method as a dramatist. In most of the works, the chartacters have no names: they come onto the stage with no identity - except perhaps for the kind of clothes they wear - and slowly reveal themselves. What the reader experiences is a slow but intimate process of revelation (on the part of the characters) and discovery (on the part of the audience or readers).

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Zakes Mda - a director's view, Teresa Devant; and the girls in their Sunday dresses (a play); the final dance (a script for a cine poem); banned (a play for radio); joys of war (a play).

And the Girls in their Sunday Dresses: Four Works

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      Publisher: Wits University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1993
      ISBN13: 9781868142224, 978-1868142224
      ISBN10: 1868142221

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Two very different women meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty; an old man and child share a last, loving waltz; a cynical, disabled gangster learns humanity from a committed social worker; and a young girl finds her missing father and her role in the political struggle. This colleciton of three plays and one cine poem captures the essence of Zakes Mda's method as a dramatist. In most of the works, the chartacters have no names: they come onto the stage with no identity - except perhaps for the kind of clothes they wear - and slowly reveal themselves. What the reader experiences is a slow but intimate process of revelation (on the part of the characters) and discovery (on the part of the audience or readers).

      Table of Contents
      Zakes Mda - a director's view, Teresa Devant; and the girls in their Sunday dresses (a play); the final dance (a script for a cine poem); banned (a play for radio); joys of war (a play).

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