world drama final

“Master Harold” and the Boys

(author and date)

Athol Fugard, 1982

Athol Fugard

grew up white in South Africa during apartheid, Sam and Willie were real, play as penance

Boers

White Dutch settlers who protested the abolition of slavery, fought british

Port Elizabeth

white pop, job opportunities

Apartheid

“apart” in Dutch Afrikaans, segregation, affected the ability to participate in politics, interracial relationships, citizenship

ANC

African National Congress, a powerful force against apartheid, led to the end

Sizwe Bonsi is Dead

(authors and date)

Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona, 1972

Passbooks

like passports, all black citizens had to have them on their person after 16 yrs old

John Kani

Styles and Buntu

Winston Ntshona

Sizwe Bonsi

Robert Zwenlinzima

dead man that Sizwe becomes

Ubu and the Truth Commission

(author, date)

Jane Taylor, 1997

Pa Ubu

agent of gov death squad

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission

offers war criminals amnesty if they come forward and prove political motivation

Ubu Roi

from Alfred Jarry’s absurdist play, Pa Ubus shadown puppet

Translations

(author, date)

Brian Friel, 1981

British Ordnance Survey

mapped ireland at 6” scale, anglicized place names

1798 Rebellion

rebellion of United Irishmen, supported by French army, foundations of the Irish Republicansism, lead to Act of Union (merged parliaments)

Irish Potato Famine

(date)

1845-1852, diseased crops, 1 mil dead, half mil evicted, goods exported

Northern Irish Troubles

(date)

1960s-1998, when Friel wrote the play, discrimination between Catholics and Protestant gov

Yellowface

(date, author)

2007, David Henry Hwang

Asian face

face we choose to show the world, reputation, status, dignity

Miss Saigon Controversy

Jonathon Pryce cast for an asian role, taped eyebrows, Hwang wrote letter to Actors Equity

NWOAOC

ny times reporter investigating HYH, chinese espionage