Human Being Died That Night, A
- Full Length Play, Drama, 1990s, New Millennium/21st Century
- 1M, 1F
- ISBN: 9780573705113
A stage adaptation of the book by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela in which she interviews former South African police officer Eugene de Kock about his motives for his crimes against anti-apartheid activists.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: 1990s, New Millennium/21st Century
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
REVIEWS:
"...quietly gripping...reveals in searing, sometimes heart-rending detail the atrocities committed by the South African police forces during the terrible years of apartheid."
The New York Times
"...scorching, vivid... This is not just two people. It is the old South Africa and the new South Africa. It is a test of them both, and of the limits -- or not -- of forgiveness and empathy."
The Guardian
"Wright's script...becomes more asgonisingly taut with each new revelation."
The Telegraph
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 1F
- Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
EUGENE DE KOCK
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Eugene de Kock was a paid white political assassin nick-named "Prime Evil" for his crimes against anti-apartheid activists. While serving his two life sentences, black psychologist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela went to interview him hoping to seek humanity and forgiveness within the government-sanctioned monster. The thought-provoking interrogation moves from clinical to intimate in a cell where fear and compassion coexist. |
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