Rain petitioning & step child : plays / Munyaradzi Mawere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mawere, Munyaradzi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--19th century--History and criticism.

Drama.

Drama--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Rain petitioning and step child

Place of Publication:

Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research and Pub. CIG, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Nzarayapera's village, famine and hunger strike as rain could not fall. The sky remains blue with scorching heat that leaves no creature desiring to move on with life. Chief Nzarayapera and his councillors believe this scourge is a curse from the ancestors. They think of holding a ceremony to mollify the ancestors and petition rain. The ceremony is held, but nothing happens except that hunger and famine strike even harder. This sets a fertile ground for conflict between traditionalists, Christians and scientists who lay blame on one another and take turns to intercede for the people. What comes out of this conflict only requires you to read Rain Petitioning for yourself. Equally there to awaken your curiosity is Step Child, the second play in this collection.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""Contents ""; ""Characters""; ""Rain Petitioning""; ""Scene 1""; ""Stage 1""; ""Stage II""; ""Stage III""; ""Scene 2""; ""Stage I""; ""Stage II""; ""Stage III""; ""Step-child""; ""Characters""; ""Scene 1""; ""Stage I""; ""Stage II""; ""Stage III""; ""Scene 2 ""; ""Stage I""; ""Stage II""; ""Back cover ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 06, 2013).

ISBN:

9789956791248

9956791245

9789956790470

9956790478

OCLC:

856870053