TY - BOOK AU - Gibson,Angus AU - Jacobson,Ruth AU - Johannson,Liz AU - Kentridge,William AU - Khumalo,Siphiwe AU - Mazibuko,Doreen AU - Molepo,Arthur AU - Mothlale,Gladys AU - Makhene,Ramolao AU - Purkey,Malcolm AU - Roberts,Sarah AU - Schlesinger,Minky AU - Spargo,Tessa AU - Stein,Pippa ED - Junction Avenue Theatre Company, TI - Sophiatown SN - 9781868146734 (e-book) PY - 1993/// CY - Johannesburg PB - Wits University Press KW - Literature KW - ukslc KW - Plays, playscripts KW - thema KW - lcsh N1 - Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web N2 - Sophiatown was the Chicago of South Africa, a vibrant community that produced not only gangsters and shebeen queens but leading journalists, writers, musicians and politicians, and gave urban African culture its rhythm and style. This play, based on the life history of Sophiatown, opened at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg in February 1986 to great acclaim. The play won the AA Life Vita Award for Playwright of the Year 1985/86. This new edition of the play includes an introduction which sets the work in its historical context UR - https://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=WestLondon&isbn=9781868146734 ER -