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The five plays collected here offer a unique insight into the role of theatre in a situation of oppression. They were produced in close collaboration with their original black amateur casts, drawing on their lives and everyday experiences in the townships. 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.

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Table of Contents
PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; NO-GOOD FRIDAY; NONGOGO; THE COAT; SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD; THE ISLAND; NOTES; GLOSSARY

The Township Plays NoGood Friday Nongogo The Coat

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 05/08/1993
      ISBN13: 9780192829252, 978-0192829252
      ISBN10: 0192829254
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      Book Synopsis
      The five plays collected here offer a unique insight into the role of theatre in a situation of oppression. They were produced in close collaboration with their original black amateur casts, drawing on their lives and everyday experiences in the townships. 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.

      Trade Review
      elegant reissue * Plays International, Summer 2000 *
      'They are the wonderfully moving and amusing "Sizwe Bansi is Dead", ... "The Coat" (previously unavailable), the urgently profound "The Island" ... Anyone interested in freedom or drama should buy this book.' Day by Day

      Table of Contents
      PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; NO-GOOD FRIDAY; NONGOGO; THE COAT; SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD; THE ISLAND; NOTES; GLOSSARY

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