Synopsis
The Soul of the White Ant
$10.99
Published by Samuel French Inc
3 Male 3 Female
Bizarre, surreal and comic, this play is about a racial murder in South Africa and its subsequent cover up by the press and the police. Mabel's husband is away so she takes and then shoots a Black lover
Repercussions include pregnancy for two local girls because of the hilarious police attempts to dispose of the body. A dead scientist who claims to have been an ant organizes a miraculous cure for the unwanted pregnancies
"A diabolical comedy about the evils of apartheid" ~ N.Y. Times
"Mad, macabre, and murderously funny" ~ N.Y. Post