The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek
by Athol Fugard

Name: The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek
Brand: Athol Fugard
SKU: 9780573704734
Rating: 3.88 (1 reviews)

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105 mins Present Day Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Exterior Set

Synopsis

Aging farm laborer Nukain has spent his life transforming the rocks at Revolver Creek into a vibrant garden of painted flowers.

Now, the final unpainted rock, as well as his young companion Bokkie, has forced Nukain to confront his legacy as a painter, a person and a black man in 1980s South Africa.

When the landowner’s wife arrives with demands about the painting, the profound rifts of a country hurtling toward the end of apartheid are laid bare.

Press Reviews

"The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek is an intimate theatrical gem."
— Hollywood Reporter

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Bokkie A bright and intelligent young black boy about eleven years old. He is barefoot and wears a faded T-shirt and short khaki trousers. He appears pulling a gaudily-painted little wagon, loaded with an assortment of paints - black, green, yellow, blue, and red - and brushes together with a plastic bottle of water and a jar filled with turpentine.	male	—	A bright and intelligent young black boy about eleven years old. He is barefoot and wears a faded T-shirt and short khaki trousers. He appears pulling a gaudily-painted little wagon, loaded with an assortment of paints - black, green, yellow, blue, and red - and brushes together with a plastic bottle of water and a jar filled with turpentine.
Elmarie Kleynhans A farmer’s wife living and working on the family farm, Vredewater. She is an Afrikaner and a devout Christian. When we first see her in Act I, she is in her 40’s. Having returned from church, she is still wearing the special outfit she reserves for church services. In Act II, she is twenty years older and appears wearing the clothes necessary for a working day on the farm.	female	—	A farmer’s wife living and working on the family farm, Vredewater. She is an Afrikaner and a devout Christian. When we first see her in Act I, she is in her 40’s. Having returned from church, she is still wearing the special outfit she reserves for church services. In Act II, she is twenty years older and appears wearing the clothes necessary for a working day on the farm.
Jonathan Sejake The young Bokkie of Act I, now a grown man who goes by his ‘real name,’ Jonathan Sejake. A young, well-educated man in his mid-thirties, full of energy and conviction. He is dressed neatly and is burdened with a heavy backpack.	male	—	The young Bokkie of Act I, now a grown man who goes by his ‘real name,’ Jonathan Sejake. A young, well-educated man in his mid-thirties, full of energy and conviction. He is dressed neatly and is burdened with a heavy backpack.
Nukian Tata to Bokkie, Outa to Elmarie. An old black man, a natural innocent who has never lost a childlike capacity for looking at the world with wonder. When we first see him, however, he is a troubled man. He wears a farm labourer’s pair of faded denim overalls a size too small, his scrawny ankles visible above a pair of gaudily-painted tekkies. There is an equally-old knitted cap on his head.	male	—	Tata to Bokkie, Outa to Elmarie. An old black man, a natural innocent who has never lost a childlike capacity for looking at the world with wonder. When we first see him, however, he is a troubled man. He wears a farm labourer’s pair of faded denim overalls a size too small, his scrawny ankles visible above a pair of gaudily-painted tekkies. There is an equally-old knitted cap on his head.