Against the Tide Three plays, a libretto and an essay

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horwitz, Allan Kolski.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : BOTSOTSO PUB, 2021.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The four plays that make up this collection Thabo Mbeki and Other Nightmares by Tsepo wa-Mamatu; Circles by Tau Maserumule; Comrade Babble by Allan Kolski Horwitz; My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Lesego Rampolokeng/Liepollo Rantekoa, Stacy Hardy and Jaco Bouwer; The Life and Times of Brett Kebble by Patrick Bond, have, as a linking thread, their confrontation with the ongoing corruption and mismanagement that characterizes the not-so-new liberated South Africa. Stylistically quite different, each breaks new ground in presenting these debilitating features and while tackling political themes head-on, never degenerates into mere sloganeering or counter-propaganda. Indeed, they take contemporary South African playwriting to new heights of 'committed theatre'.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright psge

Contents

THABO MBEKI AND OTHER NITEMARES

Dedication

Characters

ACT ONE

ACT TWO

Circle

COMRADE BABBLE

SCENE 1

SCENE 2

SCENE 3

SCENE 4

SCENE 5

SCENE 6

SCENE 7

SCENE 8

SCENE 9

SCENE 10

SCENE 11

SCENE 12

SCENE 13

MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS

Our bush of ghosts - a fan fiction

1. THE MEANING OF "BAD" AND "GOOD"

2. IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS

3. THE UGLY GHOST

4. THE UNDEAD BABIES AND THEIR FLASH-EYED MOTHER

5. THE SUPERLADY

6. MY FIRST WEDDING DAY IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS

7. VILLAGE OF THE BURGLAR GHOSTS

8. I MEET MY DEAD COUSIN THE EDUCATED ZULU

9. TOWN OF MOSQUITO WORSHIPPING GHOSTS

10. THE SMELLING GHOST

11. ON THE QUEER WAY TO HOMEWARD

12. INVISIBLE MAGNETIC MISSIVE SENT FROM HOME

13. TELEVISION HANDED GHOST

14. GLADNESS BECOMES WEEPING

Kebble, Crony Capitalism 2.0 and the Wretched of South Africa

Good riddance, Brett Kebble

Charming Kebble's financial scamming

Playing politics with poison

Corrupting the youth

The most corrupted of all?

Forging art empowerment

Monetary lubrication of wretched politics

Conclusion: 'Kebbleism' and ANCorruption

About the Authors

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780981420516

0981420516

OCLC:

1243552347