The Cure

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The Cure is the name given to two plays performed in South Africa

The Cure by an anonymous author (performed 1862)

The Cure by Athol Fugard and the Serpent Players (1960s)

The original text

An adaptation of La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli, with the text adapted by Fugard and further improvised by the newly formed Serpent Players, the action being moved to a township setting in the Eastern Cape. Rehearsals were held in the snake pit in the old museum building in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

196?: The play was the company's first production, done in in a room in the old museum building in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth.

1971: Performed by the Serpent Players, including John Kani, Winston Ntshona and Nomhle Nkonyeni in Grahamstown in September 1971

Sources

NELM catalogue.

EP Herald, 6 June 2006.

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