Love, crime, and Johannesburg / [by Malcolm Purkey and Carol Steinberg (writers) and] Junction Avenue Theatre Company.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purkey, Malcolm, author.

Junction Avenue Theatre Company, author.

Steinberg, Carol, author.

Contributor:

Junction Avenue Theatre Company, copyrigth holder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johannesburg (South Africa)--Drama.

Johannesburg (South Africa).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 55 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2000.

Summary:

'Why bother to rob a bank, when you can own a bank?' asked Bertold Brecht. The question is reiterated in the very Brechtian Love, Crime and Johannesburg, the story of Jimmy 'Long Legs' Mangane, a people's poet involved in the struggle, who is accused of robbing a bank. He passionately asserts his innocence, claiming to work for the 'secret secret service'. Lewis, his old friend and comrade from the struggle, now owns a bank. How did this happen? The man of the struggle is now a man of accounts. A man of the nineties. Part of the cell phone generation. Added to the mix is an oldstyle gangster, two girlfriends, a Jewish father and a very unusual Chief of Police. Described as one of the first genuine postapartheid plays, Love, Crime and Johannesburg is a witty, lighthearted account of life in the City of Gold at the turn of the millennium. A must for all students of South African theatre. Winner of the 2000 Vita Award for best script of a new South African Play.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2019).

ISBN:

9781868146482

1868146480

OCLC:

1159414773