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My Children! My Africa!
My Children! My Africa!
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Author: Athol Fugard Publisher: Samuel French (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 96 Pub. Date: 2011 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0573691932 ISBN-13: 9780573691935 Cast Size: 1 female, 2 male
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About
the Play:
My Children! My Africa! has long been a favourite of acting teachers for Male Monologues.
My Children! My Africa! is a full-length drama by Athol
Fugard. The great South African playwright confronts the tragedy
of apartheid in his native land in this compelling tale about the
efforts of a humble and humane black teacher in a segregated township
to persuade just one young person that education, not violence, is
the answer to South Africa's problems.
My Children! My Africa! examines the power of learning and
the potency of words, ideas and hope in a time of heightened
political and social unrest. Beloved teacher Mr. M prepares Thami
Mbikwana, a black boy, and Isabel Dyson, a white girl, to compete
together in an academic competition. But right outside the window,
the anti-apartheid movement starts to transform their country. These
three soon find that their classroom is not immune from the conflict
which accompanies overturning the old order. Thami and Isabel's
educations are inexorably intertwined with the nation's politics. Mr.
M attempts to persuade his students that education, not violence, is
the answer to South Africa's problems, but as the competition draws
nearer, it becomes clear that the nation's future depends entirely on
how the younger generation chooses to act.
My Children! My Africa! premiered in 1989 at the Market
Theatre in Johannesburg while South Africa was still under apartheid.
Cast: 1 female, 2 male
What people say:
"A document of towering
stature." — Philadelphia Inquirer
"The drama vacillates superbly
between political parable and personal tragedy." — Village
Voice
About the Playwright:
Athol Fugard is an internationally acclaimed South African
playwright whose work deals with the political and social upheaval of
the apartheid system in South Africa. He was educated at the
University of Cape Town, and frequently directs and performs in his
plays which are regularly performed in theatres in South Africa,
Great Britain, the United States and around the world. Several of his
plays have been adapted for the screen and his novel Tsotsi was made
into a film that won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language
Film. In 2011 he received a special Tony Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Theatre.
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