Notebooks, 1960-1977 (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Athol Fugard
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Notebooks
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary
- Subjects: Segregation or integration, Acting or actors, Africa or Africans, Politics, Oppression, Drama or dramatists, Theater, Apartheid
Form and Content
Athol Fugard, whose best-known works emerged in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, is one of the world’s most prominent playwrights. His messages, often couched in the existential, despairing voice of a Samuel Beckett or a Jean-Paul Sartre, concern more than anything else the singular predicament of twentieth century Afrikaners and the black and “Coloured” peoples they fear, exploit, and hope to contain. An experimenter with theater having uncommon poise and courage and one who dares write politically explosive plays in a country known for its...
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