Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The - Softcover

Fugard, Athol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573704732 ISBN 13: 9780573704734

Publisher: Concord Theatricals, 2015

Synopsis

Aging farm laborer Nukain has spent his life transforming the rocks at Revolver Creek into a vibrant garden of painted flowers. Now the final unpainted rock as well as his young companion Bokkie has forced Nukain to confront his legacy as a painter a person and a black man in 1980s South Africa. When the landowner's wife arrives with demands about the painting the profound rifts of a country hurtling toward the end of apartheid are laid bare.

About this title

About the Author

Athol Fugard was born on June 11, 1932, in Middelburg, Great Karoo, Cape Province, South Africa. He has written close to fifty plays, as well as four books and several screenplays. His plays include Blood Knot (1961); Boseman and Lena (1969); "Master Harold..".and the boys (1982); The Road to Mecca (1984) and My Children! My Africa! (1989). Many of his works were turned into films: Tsotsi, based on his 1980 novel, won the 2005 Academy Award for best foreign language film. His work spans the period of apartheid in South Africa (imposed in 1948), through the first democratic elections (April 27, 1994), when Nelson Mandela became president, and into the aftermath of the present day. South Africa's best-known playwright, and one of the most performed playwrights in the world, at eighty, Fugard continues to direct and to write plays.

Edition details

• Publisher: Concord Theatricals
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0573704732
• ISBN 13: 9780573704734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48