Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre

Martin Middeke is Professor and Chair of English Literature at the University of Augsburg, Germany and Visiting Professor of English at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Peter Paul Schnierer is Professor and Chair of English Literature at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.Greg Homann is an independent academic and multi-award winning theatre director based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

• INTRODUCTION (Greg Homman, Martin Middeke and Peter Paul Schnierer)PART I OVERVIEW ESSAYS1. The Pioneers (Sarah Roberts, (University of the Witwatersrand, S.A.) 2. Contemporary Collaborators I: Kentridge, Handspring, Taylor (Jane Taylor, University of Leeds, U.K.) 3. Contemporary Collaborators II: Magnet Theatre (Yvette Hutchison, University of Warwick, UK) 4. Physical-Theatre (Robyn Sassen, Johannesburg, S.A.) 5. Popular Community Theatre (Emma Durden, Durban, S.A.)6. The Theatre-Makers in One-person Format (Veronica Baxter, University of Cape Town, S.A.)PART II PLAYWRIGHTS7. Athol Fugard (Dennis Walder, Open University, UK) 8. Reza de Wet (Anton Krueger, Rhodes University, S.A.)9. Paul Slabolepszy (Adrienne Sichel, Johannesburg, S.A.)10. Zakes Mda (Kene Igweonu, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)11. Lara Foot (Loren Kruger, University of Chicago, USA)12. Mike van Graan (Brent Meersman, Cape Town, S.A.)13. Craig Higginson (Michael Titlestad, University of the Witwatersrand, S.A.)14. Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom (Muff Andersson, University of South Africa, S.A.)15. Brett Bailey (Kevin Wetmore, Loyola Marymount University, USA) 16. Pieter-Dirk Uys (Mervyn McMurtry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, S.A.)17. Fatima Dike (Miki Flockeman, University of the Western Cape, S.A.)18. Yael Farber (Marcia Blumberg, York University, Canada) 19. Emerging Playwrights and Significant Plays (Greg Homann, Independent Scholar)20. Aubrey Sekhabi: an interview, with Greg Homann (Independent Scholar)INDEX

The Methuen Drama Guide brings compelling theatre and performance from the past twenty years under scholarly study, and the editors gather an impressive array of primarily South African scholars and theatre practitioners to reflect on themes and aesthetics emerging in more than a hundred plays … The Methuen Drama Guide offers a rare, well-curated glimpse into some of the most exciting contemporary work in South African theatre of the past twenty years. A long overdue contribution to postapartheid theatre scholarship, it is accessible to those with little knowledge of the topic and rewarding to those more knowledgeable.