{"product_id":"doing-plays-for-a-change-five-works-9781868142422","title":"Doing Plays for a Change: Five Works","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese five plays by one of South Africa's major black playwrights were written between 1979 and 1986, a period in the country's history marked by intense repression and escalating violence. Several of Maponya's works fell foul of the censorship system. \"\"Gangsters\"\", for instance, was restricted by the Director of Publications and could only be performed in South Africa with the approval of the Publications Control Board. The works included in this collection - \"\"The Hungry Earth\"\", \"\"Dirty Work\"\", \"\"Gangsters\"\", \"\"Umongikazi\/The Nurse\"\" and \"\"Jika\"\" - are introduced by Professor Ian Steadman, former Head of the Drama Department of the University of the Witwatersrand, now Dean of the Faculty of Arts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface: Maishe Maponya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Theatre of Maishe Maponya: Ian Steadman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hungry Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eUmongikazi\/The Nurse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirty Work\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eGangsters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eJika\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wits University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53191420281175,"sku":"9781868142422","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/doing-plays-for-a-change-five-works-9781868142422","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}