Posted by: Iain Fisher
« on: July 10, 2018, 06:59:02 PM »Another chance to see Nongogo at the Market Theatre to 15 July 2018.
"And what Fugard has always been able to do so well, evident in his play Boesman and Lena, and the Academy Award-winning movie Tsotsi, adapted from his novel of the same title, is to capture the monotony of a people trapped in both space and time... In a body of work spanning over 60 years, Fugard has made it his life work to interrogate the psychological effects of apartheid in the life of black people in the townships. And how breaking the unjust laws of apartheid to survive has created an ambivalent relationship with the justice system entirely".
The quote is by Nkateko Mabasa from the Daily Maverick, 9 Jul 2018. The link is here
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-07-09-athol-fugards-nongogo-could-help-us-understand-the-land-debate/#.W0ToS_ZFyUm
"And what Fugard has always been able to do so well, evident in his play Boesman and Lena, and the Academy Award-winning movie Tsotsi, adapted from his novel of the same title, is to capture the monotony of a people trapped in both space and time... In a body of work spanning over 60 years, Fugard has made it his life work to interrogate the psychological effects of apartheid in the life of black people in the townships. And how breaking the unjust laws of apartheid to survive has created an ambivalent relationship with the justice system entirely".
The quote is by Nkateko Mabasa from the Daily Maverick, 9 Jul 2018. The link is here
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-07-09-athol-fugards-nongogo-could-help-us-understand-the-land-debate/#.W0ToS_ZFyUm