Stable Expense

Stable Expense is a play in two acts by Kessie Govender. Also written Stablexpense.

The original text
Kessie Govender's first play. Basing his public comment on his experience in the building trade, the playwright launches a scathing attack on the authorities in the 1970s for spending the equivalent of the cost of a stable on a house in Chatsworth - when the stables were more structurally sound than these badly-constructed dwellings.

Published by Institute for Black Research ; Madiba Publishers.

Performance history in South Africa
The play was first performed by the Stable Theatre Company in the 1970s, and gave a name to both the company and the Stable Theatre they used.

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