Farber: Plays One: Molora; Ram: The Abduction of Sita Into Darkness; Mies Julie Contributor(s): Farber, Yaël (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783191511 ISBN-13: 9781783191512 Publisher: Oberon Books OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | African - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Drama | Women Authors |
Dewey: 822.92 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 112 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Molora - Based on The Oresteia by Aeschylus In this reworking of Aeschylus' Oresteia, Klytemnestra and Elektra face one another in a dramatic confrontation. Attempts to come to terms with their violent past echo testimonies delivered in Apartheid's wake throughout South Africa during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. RAM: The Abduction of Sita into Darkness - Based on The Ramayana by Valmiki Farber's potent revisioning of this age-old text is a raw and probing contemporary work which places the loss of the Feminine Divine, and thus our lack of spiritual and moral equilibrium, at its visceral core. This is a Ramayana for a new world. Mies Julie - Based on Miss Julie by August Strindberg Transposed to a post-apartheid kitchen - a single night, both brutal and tender, unfolds between a black farm-labourer, the daughter of his master and the woman who has raised them both. The visceral struggles of contemporary South Africa are laid bare, as John and Mies Julie spiral in a deadly battle over power, sexuality, mothers and memory. |