|
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays
 |
Olanda
(Hardcover)
Rafal Wojasiński; Translated by Charles S. Kraszewski
|
R824
R720
Discovery Miles 7 200
Save R104 (13%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
|
A wonderful South African resource, still as fresh and absorbing as when it was first written. Perfectly scripted, and with Gcina Mhlophe's sure instinct for stagecraft, it recounts the very personal story of Zandile, who is snatched away from her grandmother's loving care and taken to live with her matriarchal family in rural Transkei.
Moving, funny and convincing, full of Zandile's shrewd, youthful insights, the play offers an illuminating window into the 1960s world that it depicts, with its issues of white dominance, rural hardship and black female repression.
Have You Seen Zandile? is already an established favorite in performance circles, and is fast becoming a South African classic.
Hail, Caesar! is the story of Eddie Mannix, tireless pursuer of the
interests of fictional Capitol Pictures, circa 1951. He is the
ultimate studio fixer and---since the studio is his world---the
ultimate earthly one. There is no star scandal he cannot cover up,
no studio misstep he cannot repair, no sin he cannot make right.
His powers are tested, though, when production on the studio's most
expensive picture ever---biblical epic Hail, Caesar!---is halted by
the kidnapping of its star. The kidnappers are a mysterious gaggle
seeking not just ransom but the destruction of everything Eddie
Mannix lives for, and everything he lives by. . .
"Are me feet off the floor yet? Are me feet off the floor?" In a
rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on.
Dad is building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his
nest. Auntie Doreen is getting cross and making dumplings. Mr Poop
is parading the streets, shouting louder and louder, and even Mr
Mint, the head teacher, is getting in a flap. And watching it all
is Lizzie, missing her mam and looking after her dad and thinking
how beautiful the birds are. What's behind it all? It's the Great
Human Bird Competition, of course. Who will be the first to fly
across the River Tyne? David Almond's barmy, tender and funny tale
about wings and faith, written for the Young Vic to accompany their
production of Skellig. It has since been performed many times
around the world, and also adapted by Almond into a much-loved,
much-translated novel, with illustrations by Polly Dunbar.
 |
Othello
(Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
|
R674
Discovery Miles 6 740
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
|
 |
Othello
(Paperback)
William Shakespeare
|
R441
Discovery Miles 4 410
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
|
 |
Rescue Me
(Hardcover)
Andi Pray
|
R748
R699
Discovery Miles 6 990
Save R49 (7%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
|
|
You may like...
The Seagull
Michael Frayn
Hardcover
R1,335
Discovery Miles 13 350
|