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''[[South Africa Plays]]'' is a collection of five South African plays, compiled and introduced by [[Stephen Gray]].  
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''[[South Africa Plays]]'' is a collection of five plays by South African playwrights, selected and introduced by [[Stephen Gray]].  
  
Published by [[Nick Hern Books]] in  
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Also listed as '''''[[South Africa Plays: New South African Drama]]''''' in some cases. 
  
The volume contains ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' by [[Anthony Akerman]],''[[The Hungry Earth]]'' by Maishe Maponya, which dramatises black disabilities and the will to liberation; Susan Pam's "Curl Up and Dye", a story about five women in a hair salon who find the divisions of apartheid stronger than their common interests; Paul Slabolepsky's "Over the Hill" which uses sporting metaphor to anatomize the white middle class and "Just Like Home", a mediation on exile.
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Published in the series ''New Drama from Southern Africa'' by [[Nick Hern Books]], London, in 1993.
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(1993)
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The volume contains ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' by [[Anthony Akerman]],''[[The Hungry Earth]]'' by [[Maishe Maponya]], ''[[Curl Up and Dye]]'' by [[Susan Pam]], ''[[Over the Hill]]'' by [[Paul Slabolepszy]] and ''[[Just Like Home]]'' is a play by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].
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==Sources==
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https://www.abebooks.com/9781854591487/South-Africa-Plays-New-African-1854591487/plp
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Latest revision as of 07:10, 8 October 2022

South Africa Plays is a collection of five plays by South African playwrights, selected and introduced by Stephen Gray.

Also listed as South Africa Plays: New South African Drama in some cases.

Published in the series New Drama from Southern Africa by Nick Hern Books, London, in 1993. (1993)

The volume contains Somewhere on the Border by Anthony Akerman,The Hungry Earth by Maishe Maponya, Curl Up and Dye by Susan Pam, Over the Hill by Paul Slabolepszy and Just Like Home is a play by Pieter-Dirk Uys.

Sources

https://www.abebooks.com/9781854591487/South-Africa-Plays-New-African-1854591487/plp

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page