Tokoloshe

by Pieter Scholtz. A Zulu myth about “Tokoloshe”, the notorious trickster in Zulu folklore. Written 1990*?, first performed 1991?* (University of Kwazulu-Natal). Recent productions by Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences (2004, directed by Ann Wakefield), Baxter Theatre (2008, directed by Kseniya Filinova with Mbongeni Nomkonana, Portia Njozela, Nangamso Lungane, Luthando Tshaya, Nolufefe Myeki, Simcelile Kalimashe). Children’s play. Published in Plays for Young Africa Volume 1 and also as a single publication by Anchorage Press.

A film by the same name, written and produced by Peter Prowse, was released in 1965 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067864/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1).

Sources

Die Burger, 29 April 2008. (Baxter production, 2008).

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