The Quiet Violence of Dreams
The Quiet Violence of Dreams is a 2010 stage play adapted by Ashraf Johaardien from the novel of the same title by K. Sello Duiker.
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The original text
The Quiet Violence of Dreams was the second, and last, novel by K. Sello Duiker and it was awarded the Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English literature [1] in 2002. The novel features the university student, Tshepo, who begins the novel in a mental hospital, and it tracks his experience as a sex worker at a gay massage parlour that serves mostly white clients. Published by Kwela Books (2001).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2010: Staged at the Artscape Theatre Centre by The Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company, directed by Fatima Dike, with Chris Gxalaba, Fikile Mahola, Chiedza Mhende, Richard Lothian, Lee Roodt and Pierre Malherbe. Design by Dicky Longhurst.
2012: Performed at the Con Cowan Theatre, directed by Alby Michaels, assisted by Motlatji Ditodi, starring Earl Gregory, Nomvuyo Mbaile, Jacques Bessenger, Khulu Skenjana, Irvine van der Merwe, Glen lsaaks, Jakes Vorster, Riccardo Pizzi and Jarred du Plessis. Design by Wilhelm Disbergen.
Sources
Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company invitation, 18 September 2010.
Review written by Kcomotso Moncho, The Star, 17 April 2012.
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