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| − | First performed in the USA in the Harvey Theatre, at the BAM Centre, Brooklyn, New York by Thêátre des Bouffes du Nord, directed by Peter Brooke, Marie-Helene Estienne and Frank Krawczyk, with William Nadylam and Nonhlahla Keshwa and a chorus of four actors and a jazz trio. | + | 2013: First performed in the USA in the Harvey Theatre, at the BAM Centre, Brooklyn, New York by Thêátre des Bouffes du Nord on 17 January 2013, directed by [[Peter Brooke]], Marie-Helene Estienne and Frank Krawczyk, with William Nadylam and Nonhlahla Keshwa and a chorus of four actors and a jazz trio. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:59, 17 April 2014
play based om a short story by Can Themba, adapted by Barney Simon and Mothobi Mutloatse, workshopped with the cast of the first production (1994). Story published in The World of Can Themba, E.Patel (ed), Ravan 1986.
The story is set in Sophiatown, just west of Johannesburg. A doting, newly-married husband returns unexpectedly one morning to find another man in bed with his wife. The man leaps out of a window, but he leaves his suit behind. The husband punishes his wife by making her treat the suit as an honoured guest in their home and in public.
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Performance history in South Africa
First performed at the Market Theatre and Grahamstown Festival in 1994 with Sello Maake ka Ncube, Stella Khumalo, Job Kubatsi and Alistair Dube. Stage manager Adam Steyn, set designer Sarah Roberts, lighting by Richard Barnes and sound by Dean Pitman.
Performance history abroad
2013: First performed in the USA in the Harvey Theatre, at the BAM Centre, Brooklyn, New York by Thêátre des Bouffes du Nord on 17 January 2013, directed by Peter Brooke, Marie-Helene Estienne and Frank Krawczyk, with William Nadylam and Nonhlahla Keshwa and a chorus of four actors and a jazz trio.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Review: The New Yorker February 4 2013 p9.
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