Drama for a New South Africa: Seven Plays

. . . a solid addition to international drama. --Library Journal

Going beyond the parameters of conventional literary drama, these seven new plays express life issues in post-apartheid South Africa--Islamic fundamentalism, women's rights, ecology, Afrikaans culture and the new multi-racial life of the inner city. While theater rooted in the anti-apartheid movement was rich and vibrant, it was also singleminded in focus, obscuring the diversity of South African culture now brought to life in these works.

Author: David Graver
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 01/22/2000
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.14w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780253213266

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/15/1999 pg. 69

About the Author

DAVID GRAVER earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Cornell University in 1987. Since then he has taught drama at Loyola University of Chicago, Stanford University, Columbia University, and the University of Chicago. He is author of The Aesthetics of Disturbance and numerous articles on twentieth-century drama and performance. He has been studying, teaching, and writing on South African drama since 1988. In 1997, he began a law degree at the University of Chicago.