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  • Mfowethu - Songs and Dance
    ...er of a white man takes up residence in the township. The way in which the character Snyman is accepted by township residents reflects the discourse on the crea [[Andile Xaba]]. 2021. ''Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community p
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  • Amagoduka
    ...ght and dispossession in the area.” The dance follows the way in which the character “suffers the trauma of the separation.” [[Andile Xaba]]. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community p
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  • Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien
    ...nien]]''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Carlos_%28play%29] is a German (historical) tragedy in five acts by Friedrich Schiller [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F ...s Karlos, Prince of Asturias and the play as a whole is loosely modeled on historical events in the 16th century under the reign of King Philip II of Spain.
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  • Golden Gloves
    ...ickster” cheats him out of his university fees. The play describes how the character spirals into a series of misfortunes. The play is a portrayal of the explo [[Andile Xaba]]. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community p
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  • Jack Sheppard
    [[Jack Sheppard]] can refer to the name of a historical character featured in a number of works, as well the title of such works, notably pla =Jack Sheppard the character=
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  • Bad Times Mzala
    ...ti-sanctions play, utilizing a township musical style. The play features a character from the ''bundus'' (the wilderness) who is ambitious, courageous and aimin [[Andile Xaba]]. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community p
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  • My Desire
    ...“portraying the painful growing years of an orphaned black teenager.” The character grows up living “in a shanty town and struggling to get a job to sustain [[Andile Xaba]]. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community p
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  • Where is my son?
    ...a young activist after his abduction from his home. In the play, the main character disappears after men posing as policemen abduct him from his home. His moth [[Andile Xaba]]. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community p
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  • Robert Macaire
    [[Robert Macaire]] is the name of a historical character as well as the title (or part of the title) of a number of plays, films and =[[Robert Macaire]], the historical character =
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  • Fuente Sagrada
    ...of war and is set in the Spanish Civil War, with salvation of the central character, Marais, serving as a metaphor for the triumph of human dignity amidst the [[Sydney Paul Gosher]]. 1988. ''A Historical and Critical Survey of the South African One-act Play Written in English''.
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  • The Match Girls
    There are two related stage works have been based on the same historical incident, generally referred to as "The Matchgirls' strike"[https://en.wiki In this version the central character is "Kate", a factory worker, who writes to famous writer and activist Annie
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  • W.J.B. Pienaar
    ...l]]'', a pageant-style [[Afrikaans]] drama in five acts about the Biblical character, with a large cast of 25 and including songs and dances. The plays was firs ...Milner 31 Mei-6 Junie 1899]]'', a one act documentary play described as a "historical episode in two scenes, with a prologue (written by [[D.F. Malherbe]]) and a
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  • Fra Diavolo
    [[Fra Diavolo]] (lit. "Brother Devil") is the name of a character who appears in a number of theatrical works. Often the name is included in =The character [[Fra Diavolo]]=
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  • La Traviata
    Originally titled ''Violetta'' after the opera’s main character, ''[[La Traviata]]'' was based on Alexandre Dumas’s play, ''[[La Dame aux ...ma]]. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". [[University of Cape Town]]. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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  • Kole Omotoso
    His 1988 controversial historical novel about Nigeria, ''Just Before Dawn'' was published by Spectrum Books a ...= "Hello, Grandma"], after the malappropriate words used by the dumb white character played by [[Michael de Pinna]] in the ad, and this public role would conti
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  • Le Roi s'Amuse
    ...he Prince's Play]]'', and setting it in Victorian London, with the central character a comic at the court of Victoria and the philanderer villain the future Edw ...ma]]. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". [[University of Cape Town]]. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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  • Cardenio
    ...based on an episode in Miguel de Cervantes' ''Don Quixote'' involving the character "Cardenio", a young man who has been driven mad and lives in the Sierra Mor ...collaborative work, ''[[After Cardenio]]'', in 2011 at Hiddingh Campus’s historical Anatomy Lecture Theatre. It had been created as part of '''[[The Cardenio P
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  • Dick Cruikshanks
    ...[Palladium Theatre]]. He had a prolific stage career and became a popular character actor. His appearances included the role of Javert in a version of ''[[Les ...theatrical company that left for a tour of East Africa. After playing the historical figure of Piet Retief in ''[[De Voortrekkers]]'' ([[Harold M. Shaw]]/1916),
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  • Faust
    = '''Faust the character''' = [[Faust]] is the protagonist of a classic German legend (based on the historical Johann Georg Faust - c. 1480–1540); a highly successful scholar, but also
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  • Macbeth
    ...1057) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth,_King_of_Scotland] (and a '''character''' in many dramatic and other works), as well as a number of '''plays''' - ...was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book. The character of [[Lady Macbeth]] is one of Shakespeare's most compelling and enduring cr
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