Singing in Every Moment and Inch of Me : The Letters of Barney Simon to Lionel Abraham

by SIMON BARNEY

• ISBN13: 9781583229149
• ISBN10: 1583229140
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

"No one knows how many men and women who have become makers of a unique black theatre and a unique non-racial theatre in South Africa known all over the world come from [Barney Simonrs"s] vision and patient energy as director/writer."-Nadine GordimerSet in the 1960s in Johannesburg, London, and New York, and told in a young theater directorrs"s letters home to a friend who is a struggling novelist, here is the true story of one of South Africars"s national treasures, co-founder of the Market Theatre, director of the early productions of the plays of Athol Fugard, and mentor to a generation of South African actors.Barney Simon was the legendary artistic director, writer, and co-creator of the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. Armed with little more than the conviction that culture can change society, the Market Theatre challenged the apartheid regime and became recognized as one of the most influential, distinguished theaters in South Africa and beyond.