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Township Plays

by Athol Fugard · 1993

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Working in collaboration with the people of the South African townships, Athol Fugard's plays are informed and powerful portraits of the black urban experience.

Genre
literary fiction
Themes
theatre
Setting
20th centurycollegesouth africa
Audience
adult
Form
plays

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