The dramatic art of Athol Fugard : from South Africa to the world / Albert Wertheim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wertheim, Albert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fugard, Athol--Criticism and interpretation.

Fugard, Athol.

Technique.

Criticism and interpretation.

South Africa--In literature.

South Africa.

Fugard, Athol--Technique.

Drama--Technique.

Drama.

Physical Description:

xv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2000]

Summary:

Athol Fugard is considered one of the most brilliant, powerful, and theatrically astute of modern dramatists. The energy and poignancy of his work have their origins in the institutionalized racism of his native South Africa, and more recently in the issues facing a new South Africa after apartheid. Albert Wertheim analyzes the form and content of Fugard's dramas, showing that they are more than a dramatic chronicle of South African life and racial problems. Beginning with the specifics of his homeland, Fugard's plays reach out to engage more far-reaching issues of human relationships, race and racism, and the power of art to evoke change. The Dramatic Art of Athol Fugard demonstrates how Fugard's plays enable us to see that what is performed on stage can also be performed in society and in our lives; how, inverting Shakespeare, Athol Fugard makes his stage the world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-266) and index.

ISBN:

0253338239

OCLC:

43894490