Love, Crime and Johannesburg
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A01=Carol Steinberg
A01=Junction Avenue Theatre Company
A01=Malcolm Purkey
Author_Carol Steinberg
Author_Junction Avenue Theatre Company
Author_Malcolm Purkey
Category=AVLM
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- ISBN 9781868143542
- Dimensions: 128 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 2000
- Publisher: Wits University Press
- Publication City/Country: ZA
- Product Form: Paperback
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'Why bother to rob a bank, when you can own a bank?' asked Bertold Brecht. The question is reiterated in the very Brechtian Love, Crime and Johannesburg, the story of Jimmy 'Long Legs' Mangane, a people's poet involved in the struggle, who is accused of robbing a bank. He passionately asserts his innocence, claiming to work for the 'secret secret service'. Lewis, his old friend and comrade from the struggle, now owns a bank. How did this happen? The man of the struggle is now a man of accounts. A man of the nineties. Part of the cellphone generation. Added to the mix is an old-style gangster, two girlfriends, a Jewish father and a very unusual Chief of Police. Described as one of the first genuine post-apartheid plays, Love, Crime and Johannesburg is a witty, light-hearted account of life in the City of Gold at the turn of the millennium. A must for all students of South African theatre. Winner of the 2000 Vita Award for best script of a new South African Play.
Malcolm Purkey is a playwright, actor, director. He currently serves as the Dean at Africa Film Drama Art (AFDA), South African School of Motion Picture Medium.
Carol Steinberg attended the Wits School of Dramatic Arts.
