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'''''Call Me Woman''''' was a 1979 theatre piece workshopped by [[Barney Simon]] with the cast and the musicians in the first production. It is in the form of a series of sketches which depict the lives of  a selection of South Africa women in the 1970's.
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'''''Call Me Woman''''' is a play workshopped by [[Barney Simon]] with the cast and the musicians in the first production.  
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''Not to be confused with the 1985 autobiography by Ellen Kuzwayo (1914– 2006)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo], which used the same title.''[https://www.panmacmillan.co.za/authors/ellen-kuzwayo/call-me-woman/9781770106178]
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
The idea for the show was partly inspired by the 1976 theatre piece '''''for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Colored_Girls_Who_Have_Considered_Suicide_/_When_the_Rainbow_Is_Enuf] written by self-proclaimed black feminist American playwright and poet Ntozake Shange (1948- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntozake_Shange].
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Structured in the form of a series of sketches which depict the lives of  a selection of South Africa women in the 1970's, the piece was partly inspired by the 1976 play '''''for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Colored_Girls_Who_Have_Considered_Suicide_/_When_the_Rainbow_Is_Enuf] written by self-proclaimed black feminist American playwright and poet Ntozake Shange (1948- ) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntozake_Shange].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1978/9(?): First performed at [[The Space]] (Cape Town)/ [[Market Theatre]].
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1979: Staged in the [[Market Theatre]], Johannesburg from 22 November, directed by [[Barney Simon]], with [[Saira Essa]], [[Petunia Maboe]], [[Nomsa Nene]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Gail Reagon]], [[Natie Rula]] and [[Barrie Shah]] as the Women. The onstage musicians were [[Timmy Kwebulana]] and [[Thabang Masemola]] (also the Musical Director).  The rest of the team included: [[Michele Maxwell]] (Vocal Director and Arranger), [[Sylvia Glasser]] and [[Sue Parker]] (Movement), [[Vivienne Cartwright]] (Designer) and [[Mannie Manim]] (Lighting Design). Photographs: [[Ruphin Coudyzer]].
 
 
1978/9: Staged in the [[Market Theatre]], Johannesburg from 22 November, directed by [[Barney Simon]], with [[Saira Essa]], [[Petunia Maboe]], [[Nomsa Nene]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Gail Reagon]], [[Natie Rula]] and [[Barrie Shah]] as the Women. The onstage musicians were [[Timmy Kwebulana]] and [[Thabang Masemola]] (also the Musical Director).  The rest of the team included: [[Michele Maxwell]] (Vocal Director and Arranger), [[Sylvia Glasser]] and [[Sue Parker]] (Movement), [[Vivienne Cartwright]] (Designer) and [[Mannie Manim]] (Lighting Design). Photographs: [[Ruphin Coudyzer]].
 
  
 
1980: The same production was staged in the [[Concert Hall]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]] from 3 January.
 
1980: The same production was staged in the [[Concert Hall]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]] from 3 January.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo
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https://www.panmacmillan.co.za/authors/ellen-kuzwayo/call-me-woman/9781770106178
  
 
Photocopy of playscript held at [[NELM]] ([Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 1995. 11. 5. 3. 1)
 
Photocopy of playscript held at [[NELM]] ([Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 1995. 11. 5. 3. 1)
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[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 17:37, 18 April 2024

Call Me Woman is a play workshopped by Barney Simon with the cast and the musicians in the first production.

Not to be confused with the 1985 autobiography by Ellen Kuzwayo (1914– 2006)[1], which used the same title.[2]

The original text

Structured in the form of a series of sketches which depict the lives of a selection of South Africa women in the 1970's, the piece was partly inspired by the 1976 play for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf [3] written by self-proclaimed black feminist American playwright and poet Ntozake Shange (1948- ) [4].

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1979: Staged in the Market Theatre, Johannesburg from 22 November, directed by Barney Simon, with Saira Essa, Petunia Maboe, Nomsa Nene, Thoko Ntshinga, Gail Reagon, Natie Rula and Barrie Shah as the Women. The onstage musicians were Timmy Kwebulana and Thabang Masemola (also the Musical Director). The rest of the team included: Michele Maxwell (Vocal Director and Arranger), Sylvia Glasser and Sue Parker (Movement), Vivienne Cartwright (Designer) and Mannie Manim (Lighting Design). Photographs: Ruphin Coudyzer.

1980: The same production was staged in the Concert Hall at the Baxter Theatre from 3 January.

Sources

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo

https://www.panmacmillan.co.za/authors/ellen-kuzwayo/call-me-woman/9781770106178

Photocopy of playscript held at NELM ([Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 1995. 11. 5. 3. 1)

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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