My Children! My Africa!
by Athol Fugard

Off-Broadway
My Children! My Africa! Book Cover
My Children! My Africa! Cover

Highlights

1980s Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American

Awards & Recognition

Lucille Lortel Award

Nominee: 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival

Synopsis

Full Length, Drama Characters: 2 male, 1 female Unit set.

The great South African playwright confronts the tragedy of apartheid in his native land in this compelling tale about the efforts of a humble and humane black teacher in a segregated township to persuade just one young person that education, not violence, is the answer to South Africa's problems.

"A document of towering stature."

Philadelphia Inquirer "The drama vacillates superbly between politica

Press Reviews

"The drama vacillates superbly between political parable and personal tragedy."

— The Village Voice

Characters

Character
Isabel Dyson
Thami Mbikwana
Anela Myalatya (Mr. M)

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1990
Binding Paperback
Pages 96
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573691935
ISBN-10 0573691932

My Children! My Africa! is a American play written by Athol Fugard and published by Samuel French in New York (1990).

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