SELECTED PLAYS

355pp., b.w. & colour illus., paperback, Karavan Press, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9781776472666

This selection of Louis Viljoen's plays, chosen by the playwright, includes The Pervert Laura, The Kingmakers, Oh Baby, I’m A Wild One, Dangled, The Demon Bride, The Hucksters, The Outlaw Muckbridge, The Grass Widow, The Visigoths and The Sin Drinkers.

"The plays of Cape Town writer Louis Viljoen have always made me laugh. Sometimes the comedy is uncomfortable, often it’s violent and/or sexual and/or dripping with freewheeling hardcore swears, the sort you might associate with works by David Mamet or Steven Berkoff ... Viljoen has such a firm hold over his craft; the sentences are polished, the imagery almost cinematic, and in moments the story is pretty troubling. But the reality being examined is emotionally painful, and for that Viljoen has ample poetry" Keith Bain on The Grass Widow, Daily Maverick

Playwright and director Louis Viljoen won the Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Best New South African Script for CHAMP (2013) and The Kingmakers (2015), and received the Rosalie van der Gucht Best New Director Award for his plays The Kingmakers and The Pervert Laura (2014). He lives in Cape Town.