KRIBEN PILLAY (1956 - )
| Nationality: | South African |
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Plays by Kriben Pillay
Looking for Muruga |
| 1st Produced: | Asoka Theatre, Durban, S Africa | 1990 | ||
| Company: | Asoka Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | Asoka Theatre Publications | 1995 | ||
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| Genre: | South African Social Satire | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: The play is noted for its strong mixture of realism (set, costumes, character portrayals) and anti-realistic devices (flash-back sequence, live musicians, audience interaction) giving it a dimension of theatricality not found in the playscript. | ||||
Synopsis: Set in a hotel bar in pre-independence South Africa, Looking for Muruga tells of the encounter between two very different South African men of Indian origin. Each traces, in their own way, the history of Indian culture in South Africa. The play is punctuated by dances and song as the tension-filled story between the waiter, Muruga, and a teacher, Sherwin, unfolds. In the background is the Black South African student, Dante, who iconically represents the Black peoples of South Africa who have little or no real relationship with Indians because of South Africa's racial policies of the time. The Play culminates in a final dance piece that looks to a future South African culture which is not specific to one race group. | ||||
