Sorrows and Rejoicings

by Athol Fugard

Overview

With lyrical grace, Fugard demonstrates the human struggle to transcend the treacherous injustices of history.

Sorrows and Rejoicings explores the legacy of Apartheid on two women—one white, the other Black—who on the surface seem to have little in common. What they do share is love for the same man: a white poet who is attached to the semi-desert Karoo land of South Africa. The drama moves between past and present, reliving the poet's despondent years in exile and his eventual return to a new South Africa, where he lives out his final years. His passing leaves the two women struggling to reconcile the secrets of his past, and their hopes for a post-Apartheid South Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559366939
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	11/01/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	107 KB

About the Author

The New Yorker has said of Athol Fugard, "A rare playwright, who could be a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize." His major works for the stage include: Blood Knot; "Master Harold"...and the boys; My Children! My Africa!; A Lesson from Aloes; The Road to Mecca; Valley Song; and The Captain's Tiger.

Athol Fugard (1932-2025) worked in the theater as a playwright, director and actor for more than fifty years. His plays include Blood Knot, Boesman and Lena, “Master Harold”… and the boys, The Road to Mecca, My Children! My Africa!, Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act and Valley Song.