Abstract
The paper deals with the issue of values expressed in South African plays, and takes a look at representative plays from the entire spectrum of South African drama - Afrikaans, English, Black drama and alternative Theatre. Following a survey of the field, discussions are provided of selected plays in all the sections. It emerges that there is a fair amount of homogeneity right across the board in terms of sociocultural and political values. There is also a strong insistence on value linked to Black consciousness in the plays by Black playwrights, which is important in view of the fact that the Black playwrights often have an overtly didactic and propagandists intention.
Highlights
It em erges that there is a fa ir amount of homogeneity rig h t across the board in term s o f so cio cultural and p olitical v a lu e s
Indigenous lite ra tu re in South A frica means lite ra tu re w ritte n in fn g lis h, A frik a a n s and any of th e nine main v e rn a c u la rs of the c o u n try as a w hole
Becau se the oral trad itio n is still stro n g in some of these v e rn a c u la rs
Summary
It em erges that there is a fa ir amount of homogeneity rig h t across the board in term s o f so cio cultural and p olitical v a lu e s.
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