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A play by [[Kessie Govender]].  
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'''''Stable Expense''''' is a play in two acts by [[Kessie Govender]]. Also written ''[[Stablexpense]]''.
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== 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.
 
[[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.
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Published by Institute for Black Research ; Madiba Publishers.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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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.
 
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.
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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http://www.kessiegovender.org/  
 
http://www.kessiegovender.org/  
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[[NELM]] catalogue.
  
  
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Latest revision as of 16:02, 30 December 2016

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.

Translations and adaptations

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.

Sources

Loren Kruger, 1999: 148

http://www.stabletheatre.co.za/

http://www.kessiegovender.org/

NELM catalogue.


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