UID:
almahu_9948124190402882
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 55 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781868146482 (ebook)
Inhalt:
‘Why bother to rob a bank, when you can own a bank?’ asked Bertold Brecht. The question is reiterated in the very Brechtian Love, Crime and Johannesburg, the story of Jimmy ‘Long Legs’ Mangane, a people’s poet involved in the struggle, who is accused of robbing a bank. He passionately asserts his innocence, claiming to work for the ‘secret secret service’. Lewis, his old friend and comrade from the struggle, now owns a bank. How did this happen? The man of the struggle is now a man of accounts. A man of the nineties. Part of the cell phone generation. Added to the mix is an oldstyle gangster, two girlfriends, a Jewish father and a very unusual Chief of Police. Described as one of the first genuine postapartheid plays, Love, Crime and Johannesburg is a witty, lighthearted account of life in the City of Gold at the turn of the millennium. A must for all students of South African theatre. Winner of the 2000 Vita Award for best script of a new South African Play.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2019).
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 9781868143542
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Anglistik
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781868146482/type/BOOK
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