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Performance history in South Africa

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 : Performed at the [[Market Theatre]], directed by [[Lara Foot Newton]] with [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]].
-: Performed at the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Hillbrow
+: Performed at the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Hillbrow, and had a re-run at the [[State Theatre]]
 ==Sources==

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	Also credited to [[Mothusi Mokoto]] alone in some cases.		Also credited to [[Mothusi Mokoto]] alone in some cases.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: First performed in the North West Province.
+: First performed at the [[Mmabana Arts Culture and Sports Foundation]] (formerly known as [[The North West Arts Counci]]l), in the North West Province
-: Performed in [[The Arena]] at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, directed by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]], starring [[Siyabonga Thwala]] as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara". Also performed at the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Hillbrow
+: Performed as a fully-fledged production in [[The Arena]] at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, directed by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]], starring [[Siyabonga Thwala]] (as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara") and [[Tebogo Maboa]], along with the Development actors in the play.
 : Performed at the [[Market Theatre]], directed by [[Lara Foot Newton]] with [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]].
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 According to Grootboom, the play was developed at the [[Mmabana Arts Culture and Sports Foundation]] (formerly known as [[The North West Arts Counci]]l), in January 2000, and was co-written by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and with [[Mothusi Mokoto]] and  directed by Grootboom
-It was then developed further for the Grahamstown National Arts Festival(Fringe) in June of the same year. The text, credited to [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and [[Mothusi Mokoto]], was published in the volume ''[[Southern African Plays Collection]]'' (Pan African Publishers Ltd., 2018)
+It was then developed further for the ''[[National Arts Festival Fringe]]'' in June of the same year. The text, credited to [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and [[Mothusi Mokoto]], was published in the volume ''[[Southern African Plays Collection]]'' (Pan African Publishers Ltd., 2018)
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 A controversial play about shadowy characters that frequent a Hillbrow brothel owned by Mubara, a Nigerian immigrant.
-According to Grootboom, the play was developed at the Mmabana Arts Culture and Sports Foundation(formerly known as The North West Arts Council), in January 2000, and was co-written by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and with [[Mothusi Mokoto]] and  directed by Grootboom
+According to Grootboom, the play was developed at the [[Mmabana Arts Culture and Sports Foundation]] (formerly known as [[The North West Arts Counci]]l), in January 2000, and was co-written by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and with [[Mothusi Mokoto]] and  directed by Grootboom
 It was then developed further for the Grahamstown National Arts Festival(Fringe) in June of the same year. The text, credited to [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and [[Mothusi Mokoto]], was published in the volume ''[[Southern African Plays Collection]]'' (Pan African Publishers Ltd., 2018)

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-A play about shadowy characters that frequent a Hillbrow brothel owned by Mubara, a Nigerian immigrant.
+A controversial play about shadowy characters that frequent a Hillbrow brothel owned by Mubara, a Nigerian immigrant.
-According to Grootboom, the play was devloped in January 2000, and was co-written by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and with [[Mothusi Mokoto]] and  directed by Grootboom
+According to Grootboom, the play was developed at the Mmabana Arts Culture and Sports Foundation(formerly known as The North West Arts Council), in January 2000, and was co-written by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and with [[Mothusi Mokoto]] and  directed by Grootboom
-It was developed  at the Mmabana Arts Culture and Sports Foundation(formerly known as The North West Arts Council), where it played to full capacity. It was then revived and further developed for the Grahamstown National Arts Festival(Fringe) in June of that very year, where it was notoriously received rousing up such controversy that even Radio 702 called us up and interviewed us about the play’s controversial nature, and this resulted with the bookings of the play going up and we played to fully packed houses.
+It was then developed further for the Grahamstown National Arts Festival(Fringe) in June of the same year. The text, credited to [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and [[Mothusi Mokoto]], was published in the volume ''[[Southern African plays collection]]'' (Pan African Publishers Ltd., 2018)
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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-''[[Cards]]'' is a play by [[Mothusi Mokoto]]
+''[[Cards]]'' is a play by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and [[Mothusi Mokoto]]
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 A play about shadowy characters that frequent a Hillbrow brothel owned by Mubara, a Nigerian immigrant.
 The text, credited to [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and [[Mothusi Mokoto]], was published in the volume ''[[Southern African plays collection]]'' (Pan African Publishers Ltd., 2018)

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−	~~Where: Windybrow Theatre, Hillbrow~~	+	2004: Performed in [[The Arena]] at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, directed by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]], starring [[Siyabonga Thwala]] as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara". Also performed at the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Hillbrow
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−	2004: Performed in [[The Arena]] at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, directed by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]], starring [[Siyabonga Thwala]] as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara".

	2005: Performed at the [[Market Theatre]], directed by [[Lara Foot Newton]] with [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]].		2005: Performed at the [[Market Theatre]], directed by [[Lara Foot Newton]] with [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]].