{"product_id":"statements-paperback","title":"Statements - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeveloped in workshops with award-winning actors, these works in Fugard's canon most directly confront the dehumanizing brutality of apartheid.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tragic personal consequences of life under South Africa's apartheid laws are treated with honesty and deep compassion in these three landmark plays written and premiered in the early seventies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld-renowned dramatist Athol Fugard, along with his actor collaborators John Kani and Winston Ntshona, explored the painful particulars of their native land and created works with universal implications-plays that carry within them ringing cries for social and political change without ever uttering a word of political rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSizwe Bansi Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the perversities of human identity in a country where a man is equal to his passbook. \u003ci\u003eThe Island\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the strength of man's connection to man, even within the dehumanizing confines of a prison cell on Robben Island. \u003ci\u003eStatements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the shattering of two lives under the harsh glare of South Africa's miscegenation laws.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324151333087,"sku":"9780930452612","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Y8YzrLRK5u9780930452612.webp?v=1788426150","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/statements-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}