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Author Van Graan, Mike, author.

Title Bafana republic and other satires : a collection of monologues and revues / Mike van Graan.

Publication Info. Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2020.

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Contents Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Outline of sketch characters, themes, background and context -- Glossary of terms and translations -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Play 1: Bafana Republic (2007) -- Sketch 1: Interview with the CEO of the South African Football Association -- Sketch 2: Chardonnay -- Sketch 3: PAHAD representative -- Sketch 4: Bhamjee -- Sketch 5: Kabouter Basson -- Sketch 6: Bafana Idols -- Play 2: Bafana Republic: Extra Time (2008) -- Sketch 1: World Cup ambassador, Hayi Buti -- Sketch 2: Reality show medley
Sketch 3: American and Frenchie on safari -- Sketch 4: AA on-screen fillers -- Sketch 5: A man's game -- Sketch 6: ABC take-out -- Sketch 7: Security chief -- Sketch 8: Bafana election fever -- Sketch 9: Vuvuzela salesman -- Sketch 10: Whinge -- Sketch 11: Stand-up comic -- Play 3: Bafana Republic: Penalty Shootout (2009) -- Sketch 1: Toilet cleaner -- Sketch 2: Estate agent 1 -- Sketch 3: False prophet -- Sketch 4: Madonna of Africa -- Sketch 5: Disabled -- Sketch 6: Jimmy Blond -- Sketch 7: School for African dictators -- Sketch 8: Dog shrink -- Play 4: Pay Back the Curry (2016)
Sketch 1: Time travel -- Sketch 2: Fly SAA -- Sketch 3: Fallism -- Sketch 4: And the Oscar goes to . . . -- Sketch 5: Born free -- Sketch 6: Weekend special -- Sketch 7: I am an African -- Sketch 8: Estate agent 2 -- Sketch 9: So-calleds -- Sketch 10: Blame apartheid -- Sketch 11: The Met -- Sketch 12: Julius -- Sketch 13: Rainbow song -- Play 5: State Fracture (2017) -- Sketch 1: Saxonwold shebeen -- Sketch 2: Trumple-Thin-Skin -- Sketch 3: Chicken shite -- Sketch 4: Hello, looters -- Sketch 5: Blacks Adopted by Whites Anonymous -- Sketch 6: Pastor Hlaudi, the miracle worker
Sketch 7: ABBA medley -- Sketch 8: Some black lives matter -- Sketch 9: Stand-up on privilege -- Sketch 10: The Helen Zille School of Good Colonialism -- Sketch 11: Social cohesion -- Sketch 12: Social media rollercoaster -- Sketch 13: The patriot -- Sketch 14: No Zuma, no cry -- Play 6: Land Acts (2018) -- Sketch 1: Derya Hanekom -- Sketch 2: Give me a sign, Julius -- Sketch 3: Middle finger for the natives -- Sketch 4: MacDonald's farm -- Sketch 5: A promise fulfilled -- Sketch 6: Car guard -- Sketch 7: Australian refuge -- Sketch 8: A dog's life -- Sketch 9: What a wonderful world
Sketch 10: Shakespeare in love -- Sketch 11: Ode to WaNkandla -- Sketch 12: Football match -- Sketch 13: Imagine -- Back cover
Summary Bafana Republic and Other Satires is a selection of monologues from six one-person satirical revues by leading South African playwright Mike van Graan. Focusing with piercing humour on various issues facing democratic South Africa, the monologues can be used for exam purposes, as acting exercises for drama students, or as performance pieces.
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Subject South African drama (English)
South African drama (English)
Satire, South African (English)
Satire, South African (English)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Drama.
Drama.
ISBN 9781776145874 (electronic book)
1776145879 (electronic book)