LOUIS VILJOEN is a Cape Town-based playwright and director. Described as ‘one of South Africa’s most exciting playwrights’, Viljoen’s gripping writing is known for its intricate use of language and an uneasy intimacy that keeps audiences enthralled.
He has written and produced numerous plays, including The Bile Boys, The Frontiersmen, The Verbalists, CHAMP, Porno 88, The Kingmakers, The Pervert Laura, Oh Baby, I’m A Wild One, The Emissary, The Eulogists, The Demon Bride, The Hucksters, The Grass Widow, The Visigoths, The Sin Drinkers, Mrs. Mitchell Comes to Town and The Vulgarians.
Viljoen has won the Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Best New South African Script for CHAMP (2013) and The Kingmakers (2015). He was the recipient of the Rosalie van der Gucht Best New Director Award for his plays The Kingmakers and The Pervert Laura.
For the first time, the following ten of Viljoen’s plays, selected by the playwright, are published by Karavan Press in Selected Plays:
THE PERVERT LAURA
THE KINGMAKERS
OH BABY, I’M A WILD ONE
DANGLED
THE DEMON BRIDE
THE HUCKSTERS
THE OUTLAW MUCKRIDGE
THE GRASS WIDOW
THE VISIGOTHS
THE SIN DRINKERS
Publication date: 16 April 2026
ISBN: 978-1-7764726-6-6
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