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Apr 04, 2019Samuel Zucca rated it it was ok
This was quite a short one, and even after two seminars I haven't got that much to say about it.
It's not boring or uninteresting - John and Winston are perfectly capable subjects for the play, and it's constructed very clearly, with some basic setups and payoffs and symbolism. I think really it feels quite minimal in its effect, and would probably need a really exciting performance from the two leads to really captivate me however.
I could talk about the problems with Fugard writing about Aparth...more
It's not boring or uninteresting - John and Winston are perfectly capable subjects for the play, and it's constructed very clearly, with some basic setups and payoffs and symbolism. I think really it feels quite minimal in its effect, and would probably need a really exciting performance from the two leads to really captivate me however.
I could talk about the problems with Fugard writing about Aparth...more
Jan 25, 2012Jennifer rated it really liked it
Very quick read, and equally enjoyable. I enjoyed Fugard's use of Antigone as an intertext, especially because, if I'm not mistaken, the prisoners on Robben Island actually did put on this play. Antigone's reminder that King Creon is just one individual--and a fallible one as well-- forces the characters and the reader to remember that the National Party, and its Apartheid policies, are equally as human. Creon, and his 20th century political descendents, views himself as metonymic with the state...more
“The Island” by Athol Fugard is short but deeply moving. This short-story follows two prisoners, John and Winston, who have been imprisoned on Robben Island for unknown reasons. The two men are tasked with performing the ancient Greek tragedy, “Antigone”, for a concert that is being put together by the inmates. However, a few days before their performance the two men are given the bittersweet news that John’s sentence had been shortened to three months. Meanwhile, Winston will have to continue...more
Loved the meta-theatrical aspect of this play. I really love all my literature texts - cannot emphasise this enough!!!
Apr 20, 2018Natalia Bonegio rated it really liked it
A short and thought-provoking play! Gives meaningful insight into the lives of prisoners on Robben Island.
Very short but very good.
4.5 stars. Concise, intense, powerful. A wonderful exploration of the cost of standing up for what you believe in.
An excellent play! Human dignity and virtue truly shone in the face of overwhelming adversity.
Jul 29, 2014Danielle rated it really liked it
4.5 stars. Excellent play.
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Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard (b. June 11, 1932, Middelburg, South Africa), better known as Athol Fugard, is a South African playwright, actor, and director. His wife, Sheila Fugard, and their daughter, Lisa Fugard, are also writers.
Athol Fugard was born of an Irish Roman Catholic father and an Afrikaner mother. He considers himself an Afrikaner, but writes in English to reach a larger audience. Hi...more
Athol Fugard was born of an Irish Roman Catholic father and an Afrikaner mother. He considers himself an Afrikaner, but writes in English to reach a larger audience. Hi...more
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The long-awaited post-Apartheid play by one of the greatest playwrights in South Africa and the world.
Published April 1st 1996 by Theatre Communications Group (first published January 22nd 1996)
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Sep 08, 2008Tony rated it really liked it
Fugard, Athol. VALLEY SONG. (1996). ****. I’m not sure this is great theater, but it is certainly a good story well told. There are three characters in this play, but one actor plays two roles: The Author and Abraam Jonkers. The other role is that of Veronica Jonkers, Abraam’s granddaughter. Abraam is an old man in his 70s. His wife has died, and his daughter ran away from the farm years ago. He and his wife stopped hearing from her until they got a call from a hospital in Johannesburg. When the...more
Jul 28, 2011Phillip rated it really liked it
I liked the conflicts set up in this play, though I feel like I've seen the old traditional man vs. young girl with a dream scenario several times before (Fiddler on the Roof, for instance). However, where Fugard's words got really beautiful for me was the devotion to the valley in which this play is set. I think that in South Africa there is something more poignant about a (black, colored, asia) man's devotion to and identification with a piece of land than we get with say white American farmer...more
Feb 04, 2015James F rated it liked it Shelves: english, 20th, century, drama, literature, african
Another play by Fugard, one act, two characters, an old Coloured farmer and his teenage granddaughter in a town in the Karoo. The theme of the play is the need for letting go of your children to pursue their own dreams. Good, but not out of the ordinary.
I didn't quite understand why there's so much hate around this play! I was forced to read it and really liked after all :D
Feb 25, 2008Anthony D'Juan Shelton rated it it was amazingRecommended to Anthony by: Ed Claudio (my Mentor)
A great Athol Fugard play (i co-directed it in 2000 at my old theater in California). The narrative is simple and Fugard, as he does with all of his plays, has the capacity to hook you with simplicity; in an age where narratives take twists to grab your attention, Fugard refuses to take this route. As a result, he has created over thirty near perfect plays.
Jan 20, 2016Kavya Srinivasan rated it really liked it
Gorgeous! Hugs to Ashwin's dad for loaning this gem to me. I'd like to perform this some day.
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Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard (b. June 11, 1932, Middelburg, South Africa), better known as Athol Fugard, is a South African playwright, actor, and director. His wife, Sheila Fugard, and their daughter, Lisa Fugard, are also writers.
Athol Fugard was born of an Irish Roman Catholic father and an Afrikaner mother. He considers himself an Afrikaner, but writes in English to reach a larger audience. Hi...more
Athol Fugard was born of an Irish Roman Catholic father and an Afrikaner mother. He considers himself an Afrikaner, but writes in English to reach a larger audience. Hi...more