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Some Mothers' Sons archiveTwo men from very different backgrounds meet in mid-eighties South Africa. One, Vusi Mataboge, is being brutally assaulted by security police while being held in detention without trial. The other, Braam Visser, is a young and idealistic lawyer. They become close friends. Twenty years after they first meet, we discover they have become colleagues at a top human rights legal firm. Visser is a victim of the violent crime wave sweeping South Africa. He feels betrayed by the law and, in desperation, he commits a brutal act of revenge. The roles of the 1980s are new reversed with Visser in a cell, and Mataboge defending him against a state now demanding justice. Some Mothers' Sons is a play which embraces South Africa's tradition of rigorous political theatre-making, but one which explores the new and challenging political reality of the 21st century.

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Author: Mike Van Graan

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Archive listings for Some Mothers' Sons (2006)

Work type: Play.

T01311879992

Producer Article 27. Producer Oval House. Director Jay Pather.
10 May 06 to 27 May 06Ovalhouse, Inner London :: V239
listing details L2016727168

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