Rainbow Scars

Question 1

Who is Mike van graan?

Answer 1

Wrote rainbow scars. SA leading playwright, cultural activist and commentator

Question 2

How many characters does the play have

Answer 2

3
Ellen the white mother
Lindi the black adopted daughter
Sicelo lindis cousin

Question 3

What questions does it confront

Answer 3

About identity, inter racial relationships and the social and economic divide between the privileged minority and the more underprivileged majority

Question 4

Where is the play set

Answer 4

Cape Town
in Ellen’s home
2012/2013

Question 5

What was it originally meant to explore

Answer 5

The mother daughter relationship within the racial divide of SA then marikana massacre happened

Question 6

What is the marikana massacre

Answer 6

In 2012 SAPS opened fire on a crowd of soldiers that were on strike in north west

Question 7

What is a rainbow nation

Answer 7

Uniting people across race boundaries but only giving that they share a similar language, education or backgrounds etc.

Question 8

What is the extended metaphor?

Answer 8

Despite the lindi and sicelo being related by blood, Ellen and lindi represent the limitations of the rainbow nation concept.