Athol Fugard's Revolutionary Drama Blood Knot at American Conservatory Theater
A.C.T. (415 Geary St. San Francisco, CA 94102)
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The last date listed for Blood Knot was Sunday March 9, 2008 / 2:00pm (Closing Night).
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Simon and Janine are sent on an unexpected journey to the war-torn Middle East after their mother, who for years had remained silent, leaves them post-mortem letters with clues to the family's mysterious past. Their quest to unravel their origins leads them in search of a father and brother whose existence was previously unknown to them. Adapted into the Oscar-nominated film, Incendies, and translated into a dozen languages in over 100 productions worldwide, Scorched makes its West Coast debut at American Conservatory Theatre. The A.C.T. production features David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck) as bumbling notary public Alphonse Lebel, who acts as a guide to the two twins in their search. Learn More
Goldstar Member Reviews
Kathleen Korpell
Moving, humorous, powerful. Terrific performance.Written on Mar 03 2008
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Thomas O'Leary
Top notch performances in a heartfelt drama. Excellent all around.Written on Feb 25 2008
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Goldstar Member
A very interesting show, carried expertly by two actors. Its political importance to the ending of apartheid alone makes it worth seeing.Written on Feb 22 2008
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vince
I have seen this authors other works, and this one ranks with his best. The actors do an amazing performance, but something still lacks.Written on Feb 11 2008
The highlight of this show is the music that moves the 2 man play along.
This show was performed in South Africa (banned in some areas) then moved to NY. It has a great trial to its history in south African theater.
My only down side is that we may have seen this story played out many times in other plays dealing with the same themes.. that can be tiring, but in the hands of these wonderful actors, its worth the two and half hours.
Vince
Vmedia Berkeley Calif.
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More Information About Blood Knot
Website
http://www.act-sf.org/thebloodknot/index.html
Quotes & Highlights
- Read the Blood Knot blog.
- "A contemporary classic... a profoundly human experience." --New York Times
Description
Blood Knot tells the story of two brothers trapped in the madness of apartheid South Africa. One is light-skinned enough to pass for white, the other is unmistakably black. Living together in a tumbledown shack, they wrestle with the terms of their fates and dreams—and long-simmering tensions explode over a woman.
By Athol Fugard
Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright
Music composed and recorded by Tracy Chapman
Athol Fugard (playwright) has been working in the theater as a playwright, director, and actor since the mid 1950s in South Africa, England, and the United States. His plays include: No-Good Friday, Nongogo, Blood Knot, Hello and Goodbye, People Are Living There, Boesman and Lena, Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, Dimetos, The Island, A Lesson from Aloes, "Master Harold" ...and the boys, The Road to Mecca, A Place with the Pigs, My Children! My Africa!, Playland, Valley Song, The Captain's Tiger, Sorrows and Rejoicings, Exits and Entrances, and his most recent play, Victory. He has been seen onstage in South Africa, in London, on and off Broadway in New York, and in regional theater in the United States. Film credits include The Road to Mecca, Gandhi, The Killing Fields, Meetings with Remarkable Men, Marigolds in August, Boesman and Lena, and The Guest. He has written the novel Tsotsi, a film version of which was made in South Africa and won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as the Michael Powell Award and the Standard Life Audience Award at the 2005 Edinburgh Film Festival, the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the Los Angeles AFI Film Festival. He has also published his Notebooks: 1960–1977 and the autobiographical memoir Cousins.
Charles Randolph-Wright (director) returns to A.C.T., where he has directed Insurrection: Holding History, Blithe Spirit, and Tartuffe. He most recently wrote and directed the film Mama, I Want to Sing! (premiering soon in theaters) and directed the award-winning film Preaching to the Choir. He wrote the plays Blue and Cuttin' Up, and directed the 50th-anniversary national tour of Guys and Dolls, as well as other productions at Roundabout Theatre Company, the New York Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center, New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, Carnegie Hall, the Mark Taper Forum, the Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, and Pasadena Playhouse. He has also written features for Disney, Fox, HBO, and Showtime. A Duke University honors graduate, he serves on Duke's artistic board and the board of directors of Roundabout Theatre Company and is a founding member of the Wright Family Foundation of South Carolina. Randolph-Wright established the workshop series "Different Voices" at the Roundabout and "Create Carolina," a new arts festival, at Winthrop University in South Carolina.