The Soul Of The White Ant
by Snoo Wilson
Synopsis
Bizarre, surreal and comic, this play is about a racial murder in South Africa and its subsequent cover up by the press and the police.
Mabel's husband is away so she takes and then shoots a Black lover.
Repercussions include pregnancy for two local girls because of the hilarious police attempts to dispose of the body.
A dead scientist who claims to have been an ant organizes a miraculous cure for the unwanted pregnancies.
Press Reviews
"A diabolical comedy about the evils of apartheid."
— The New York Times
"Mad, macabre, and murderously funny."
— New York Post
Publication
The Soul Of The White Ant is a American comedy play written by Snoo Wilson and published by Samuel French in New York (1983).
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