The Lahnee’s Pleasure
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The Lahnee’s Pleasure is a celebrated South African play by Ronnie Govender that portrays the lives, tensions, and aspirations of the Indian community under apartheid.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South African play
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
give voice to marginalized Indian communities in South Africa
ⓘ
highlight injustices of apartheid ⓘ |
| associatedWith | anti-apartheid cultural production ⓘ |
| author | Ronnie Govender NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| genre |
political theatre
ⓘ
social drama ⓘ |
| hasAuthorEthnicBackground | South African Indian ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | South African ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Durban Indian community ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | apartheid in South Africa ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecognitionAs | celebrated South African play ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Indian community in South Africa
ⓘ
apartheid ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| partOf | South African Indian theatre tradition ⓘ |
| portrays |
aspirations of the Indian community
ⓘ
lives of South Africans of Indian descent ⓘ tensions within the Indian community ⓘ |
| setting | apartheid-era South Africa ⓘ |
| theme |
aspirations of the Indian working class
ⓘ
class tensions ⓘ family and community dynamics ⓘ identity under apartheid ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ |
| uses |
humour
ⓘ
social realism ⓘ |
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