Tin Bucket Drum / Neil Coppen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coppen, Neil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty--Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 47 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2016.

Summary:

On a 'cold and starless night' a young pregnant widow, Nandi, arrives in Tin Town, a bleak, drought-stricken place ruled by silence and fear. Little do the inhabitants know that Nandi is carrying the baby who will, in time, change that. Taken in by Mkhulu (grandfather), whose father established the tin bucket factory that gave the town its name, Nandi gives birth to Nomvula, the Little Drummer Girl. Mkhulu remembers a past when 'people were free to sing and dance', when the rain came and the townsfolk held up their tin buckets to catch the precious, life-giving drops. And then came the Silent Sir and his spokesman, the Censor, and the town went silent. As the singing and dancing and drumming dried up, so did the rain. The tin bucket factory closed, taking with it the life and purpose of Tin Town's inhabitants. Only the Little Drummer Girl can bring back that life, but at enormous personal cost. In Tin Bucket Drum, Neil Coppen achieves a small miracle. Through his lyrical script and the creative use of lighting and sound, one woman, the Narrator, succeeds in evoking a host of characters as this allegorical tale of oppression and liberation plays itself out. It is a story that offers a host of lessons for many places and many times.

Contents:

Cover

Dedication

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword: Ismail Mahomed

Tin Bucket Drum: Questions with Neil Coppen

Selection of images from various performances

Tin Bucket Drum: the play script

Note on staging

Scene 1. A celebration

Scene 2. The journey

Scene 3. Mkhulu's welcome

Scene 4. A child is born

Scene 5. Awakening

Scene 6. Sermon

Scene 7. Silent confinement.

Scene 8. Mkhulu's story

Scene 9. Integration

Scene 10. Problem child

Scene 11. Legacy

Scene 12. Rehabilitation

Scene 13. Community service

Scene 14. Revolution

Scene 15. Lullaby

Scene 16. Rebirth.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 May 2018).

ISBN:

1-86814-973-0