Hulle’t ’n bees gesteel by die wit man Rabie. Die bees se naam was Rooiland. Hulle’t vir Rooiland geslag en feesgevier. Hulle drink uit die horings: Kilikijan die bloed, Nongoloza die gal. Toe maak hulle ’n print van die wet op die vel. Op die vel van Rooiland. Daai’s die wet. En daai wet het even survive die dag toe die hemel en die aarde geskeur het – toe Kilikijan die klipwette stukkend gegooi het en die 27’s een pad geloop het en die 28’s ’n ander pad. ’n Tronksel. Vier gevangenes. ’n...
This drama, a lyrical and dreamy but at the same time searingly painful piece about reminiscence and injustice, was written in 1978, in the heyday of apartheid and two years after the Soweto uprising. It has been staged several times, but this is the first time it has been published. It is essentially a piece of resistance theatre, but its artistic strength and lasting relevance lie in the way it demonstrates how painfully intimate resistance and loyalty are entangled. The Orange Earth is...
Die nag van legio is Du Plessis se debuutdrama. Die karakters in die drama is almal geestelik versteurd en die handeling word in een nag voltrek. Hierdie drama besorg aan hom die W.A. Hofmeyr-prys in 1970 en die Hertzogprys in 1972.
The most famous of all Calderon's varied and romantic dramas, this seventeenth-century masterpiece by the great Spanish playwright explores the conflict between free will and predestination as it focuses on the life of Segismundo, a Polish prince imprisoned at birth by his father, the King. The monarch's heartless action, precipitated by astrologers who predict the boy will one day usurp the throne, paves the way for a series of events that turn the son against the father and lead to...
*His novel, Mall, is to be published by Simon and Schluster, October 2000. Supported by an eight city tour. *Wake Up and Smell the Coffee will tour numerous cities in the U.S. over the next year and half.
Bogosian’s latest play subUrbia is now in national release as a movie; Bogosian will tour his latest solo work “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee” throughout the U.S. in 1997.
