{"product_id":"market-plays","title":"Market plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook blurb:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix plays of power and persuasion - here is the range and variety of the best in theatre in South Africa-by South Africans for South Africans. This collection comes from Johannesburg's Market Theatre, a unique meeting place of talents, styles and subjects. For a decade the Market has been the single most exciting, and provocative, venue for experi- mental drama. This cross-section of its plays celebrates that energy and originality. Included are: \u003cbr\u003eThis is for Keeps: an award-winning two-hander about marital violence, workshopped by Vanessa Cooke, Janice Honeyman and Danny Keogh. \u003cbr\u003ePula: the mime and musical drama by Matsemela Manaka, which shuffles roles to talk of a community with plaintive force and unforgettable spectacle. \u003cbr\u003eShades of Brown: the long-running confrontation play between a folk psychiatrist and a policeman, tensely rich in dialogue that reveals as much as it would conceal, by Michael Picardie. \u003cbr\u003eHey, Listen...: three witheringly satirical and compassionate mono-logues on city life, written by Barney Simon, that set the tone for many Company performances. \u003cbr\u003eAppassionata: the experimental recital-play by the ever-inventive Pieter-Dirk Uys, written for a pianist-actress, that takes the front-stage passion backstage. \u003cbr\u003eNational Madness: an ensemble piece by James Whyle that talks of young people's problems in South Africa today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Gray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48179233128602,"sku":"13206","price":100.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0350\/5704\/1545\/files\/SKM_C55826051916040-2.jpg?v=1780404447","url":"https:\/\/store.a4arts.org\/en-us\/products\/market-plays","provider":"A4 Arts Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}