Pale Natives
Pale Natives is a full-length play by Paul Slabolepszy (1948-).
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The play focuses on the surviving clan of white males in South Africa, with South Africa’s imminent changeover of government in 1994 as a backdrop.
The play received the FNB VITA Theatre Award, (Cape) for Best New Script 1994.
Performance history in South Africa
1994: Premièred at the Market Theatre (a co-production with Pale Productions), directed by Bobby Heaney, with Tim Plewman, Paul Slabolepszy, Bill Flynn and Danny Keogh 17 January. The production moved to the Baxter Theatre (April 1994) and returned to The Market Theatre for another run from 18 May to 9 July 1994. Set design by Lindy Roberts, lighting design by Mannie Manim, costume co-ordinator Sue Steele, stage manager Royden Paynter. The production won several Best Actor, Best Play and Best Production awards.
2014: 20th Anniversary Production produced 9 April to 11 May 2014 at the Market Theatre, directed by Bobby Heaney, with James Cairns, Ashley Dowds, Lionel Newton, Ian Paton and Antony Coleman. Lighting designer: Nomvula Molepo, set and costumes: Noluthando Lobese, stage manager: Lebeisa Molepo and publicist: Robert Motseko.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Beeld, 27 January 1994
http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=35144
Pale Natives theatre programme, 1994.
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
The Citizen, 15 April 2014.
Playscript held by NELM [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2004. 30. 1. 91
Bobby Heaney's Foreword to Suddenly the Storm. 2017. Wits University Press.
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