Theatre and Cultural Struggle under Apartheid

In this book, South African performer and activist Robert Mshengu Kavanagh reveals the complex and conflicting interplay of class, nation and race in South African theatre under Apartheid. Evoking an era when theatre itself became a political battleground, Kavanagh displays how the struggle against Apartheid was played out on the stage as well as on the streets.

Kavanagh's account spans three very different areas of South African theatre, with the author considering the merits and limitation...