(Clinton Marius)
Durban playwright,
actor and director Clinton Marius will be represented in African Folktales Onstage! 1 & 2: plays for pre-teens with his
two short plays Going … Going … and Our
Stories.
The
publication is compiled by Fatima
Dike, André Lemmer, Robin Malan and Omphile Molusi and will be produced by Cape
Town-based Junkets Publisher.
Last year,
Junkets Publisher put out a call for short plays that were stage adaptations of
African folktales suitable for performance or rehearsed reading in the upper
grades of primary school and the lower grades of high school.
Some 37
plays were submitted. The entire process of compiling (reading, assessing,
selecting, discussing) was done using pseudonyms. Apart from plays they may
have written and submitted themselves, the co-compilers did not know who had
written which plays until the entire process was completed.
The
quality of the submissions persuaded the compilers that there was material good
enough for two volumes. Junkets Publisher will now publish the two volumes,
with 12 plays in each volume.
African Folktales Onstage! 1 & 2 will
appear at the same time at the end of this year. It has not yet been finalised
which plays will appear in Volume 1 and which in Volume 2: that will depend on
offering a variety in themes and styles.
Clearly,
these two volumes will prove valuable to everyone involved in drama, theatre
arts, and performing arts in all schools and teacher-training institutions.
School libraries, university libraries and public libraries are encouraged to
acquire them.
Further
publication and price details will be announced shortly, together with an
Early-Bird discounted pre-order scheme. To ask for further information to be
sent to you as it becomes available, contact Junkets Publisher at info.junkets@iafrica.com or on 076 169 2789.
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