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PAUL GROOTBOOM |
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Nationality: South African Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, dubbed "the Township Tarantino", is one of South Africa's hottest playwrights and credited with revolutionising theatre in his homeland. In Township Stories, he offers an authentic and brutal insight into life in post-apartheid society
Plays by Paul Grootboom
Foreplay | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | in asscoiation with The South African State Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840029260 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96494 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Arthur Schnitzler (La Ronde) | |||||
| Foreplay looks at a South Africa seemingly obsessed with sex and violence, where AIDS is still taking far too many lives. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Township Stories | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Lion's Den production | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55927 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 16 actors | |||||
Notes: | written by Presley Chweneyagae and Paul Grootboom | |||||
Synopsis: | A young girl runs away from home after a lifetime of squabbling and abuse, only to find solace in the arms of a hoodlum who believes life's ills can be solved with violence. . .Elsewhere, a father brutalises his son who is having an affair with a shebeen owner. | |||||
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Welcome to Rocksburg | ||
| 1st Produced: | South Africa | 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120453 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in a fictional South African mining town, with a powerful Beauty and the Beast story at its core, the play's main protagonist is a facially disfigured young man from the nearby township. He has no skills - just his bare hands, which he uses for fighting. When he falls in love for the first time, with the girlfriend of a notorious township thug, he is forced into a life of crime. After a successful heist lands him in jail, our hero goes on a harrowing but touching journey to try to get his money back, so that he can disappear into the sunset with the love of his life. He soon finds himself caught up in a cat and mouse game between the criminal underworld and a corrupt police force. Who will prevail? With a cast of terrific actors, live music and a wonderful touch of theatrical style, it's a cracking good tale | |||||
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