The Playground
by
Beverley Naidoo
Frances Simon as Rosa (Photo: Robert Workman)
A play for young people and families
“…it floats on a haunting, echoing raft of tradition South African harmonies that make watching it a joyful experience as well as a thought-provoking one. Don’t miss it.”
Time Out Critics’ Choice - Pick of the Year 2004
Rosa’s first steps into her new playground are fraught with more than just first-day nerves. It is South Africa in 1995, and the doors of Oranje School are open to black children for the first time. Mama’s dream is that Rosa leave the overcrowded school in the township and enter the same school as Hennie, the son of her white employers. But not everyone is happy about the new integration laws, least of all Hennie’s father, and Rosa is terrified…
Mama and Rosa (Doreen Webster, Frances Simon. Photo: Robert Workman)
Adapted from a short story in Out of Bounds, The Playground is set in a rural town in South Africa between 1989 and 2000.
The Playground was first performed at Polka Theatre, London from 23rd September to 31st October 2004, directed by Olusola Oyeleye and designed by Phil Newman
Production rights: Contact Hilary Delamere, The Agency, 24 Pottery Lane, London W11 4LZ ; hdelamere@theagency.co.uk
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