Dinner Talk - Revision history

Darryl at 11:30, 2 June 2025

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Darryl at 14:58, 1 June 2024

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Darryl: /* Thabo for Thabo */

2024-06-01T14:54:09Z

Thabo for Thabo

Darryl at 14:53, 1 June 2024

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Darryl at 14:44, 1 June 2024

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Johann van Heerden: /* Awards */

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Awards

Johann van Heerden at 15:58, 13 March 2014

2014-03-13T15:58:00Z

Johann van Heerden: /* Performance history in South Africa */

2014-03-13T15:52:56Z

Performance history in South Africa

Johann van Heerden at 15:51, 13 March 2014

2014-03-13T15:51:12Z

Miriamt at 09:46, 7 January 2014

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 ===Sisters===
-The theme explored in this piece is whether truth necessarily leads to reconciliation or could truth actually result in alienation rather than reconciliation.
+(Van Heerden, 2008, has the title of this second piece as ''[[Respect Me in the Morning]]'': a middle-class white woman has a post-coitus conversation with an Indian man she had picked up for a one-night stand experimenting with the new South Africa freedom of sexual association).
 ===Thabo for Thabo===
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Premièred on the Fringe of the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in July 1996, directed by [[Jay Pather]], with [[Bheki Mkhwane]] (Bongi and Vusi), [[Ashley Dowds]] (Tony and Steve), [[Robin Singh]] (Raj) and [[Ashleigh Tobias]] (Sue).
+: Premièred on the Fringe of the [[Festival]] in July 1996, directed by [[Jay Pather]], with [[Bheki Mkhwane]] (Bongi and Vusi), [[Ashley Dowds]] (Tony and Steve), [[Robin Singh]] (Raj) and [[Ashleigh Tobias]] (Sue).
 After its premiere at the [[National Arts Festival]], the script was substantially developed.

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−	A trilogy of two-handers, ''[[Happily Ever After]]'', ''[[Sisters]]'' and ''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' by [[Mike van Graan]] (~~1998~~).	+	A trilogy of two-handers, ''[[Happily Ever After]]'', ''[[Sisters]]'' and ''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' by [[Mike van Graan]] (1996).

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 The playlet juxtaposes the violence of apartheid against the violence of crime, and the respective responses of individuals who experience that violence.
-''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' has since been extended into a full-length play, ''[[Some Mothers’ Sons]]''. This came about as the result of ''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' being staged as a reading in Rotterdam in 1999, after which the actors requested that the playlet be developed into a full-length piece. Six years later, Van Graan did this and entered it into the NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing in 2005.
+''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' has since been extended into a full-length play, ''[[Some Mothers' Sons]]''. This came about as the result of ''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' being staged as a reading in Rotterdam in 1999, after which the actors requested that the playlet be developed into a full-length piece. Six years later, Van Graan did this and entered it into the NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing in 2005.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 A trilogy of two-handers, ''[[Happily Ever After]]'', ''[[Sisters]]'' and ''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' by [[Mike van Graan]] (1998).
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Premièred on the Fringe of the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in July 1996, directed by [[Jay Pather]], with [[Bheki Mkhwane]] (Bongi and Vusi), [[Ashley Dowds]] (Tony and Steve), [[Robin Singh]] (Raj) and [[Ashleigh Tobias]] (Sue). Played in [[The Playhouse]] in Durban in October 1997, at PACOFS in December 1997, the [[Civic Theatre]] in Jan/Feb 1998, Western Cape Schools Festival in March 1998 and the [[KKNK]] in April 1998, directed by [[Jay Pather]], with [[Lindelani Buthelezi]] (Bongi and Vusi), [[Dan Robbertse]] (Tony and Steve), [[Strini Pillay]] (Raj) and [[Ashleigh Tobias]] (Sue).
+: Premièred on the Fringe of the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in July 1996, directed by [[Jay Pather]], with [[Bheki Mkhwane]] (Bongi and Vusi), [[Ashley Dowds]] (Tony and Steve), [[Robin Singh]] (Raj) and [[Ashleigh Tobias]] (Sue).
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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 == Awards ==
 [[Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best New Script (1998).
 == Sources ==
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 See: [Van Heerden (2008)][http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.sun.ac.za%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10019.1%2F1443%2Fvanheerden_theatre_2008.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=_egBU77CNYWJhQeE5oCADQ&usg=AFQjCNEWnD1BzeLnFmOV2tvyGLoMyNeT6Q&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms]. p 155.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	a trilogy of two-handers, ''Happily Ever After'', ''Sisters'' and ''Thabo for Thabo'' by [[Mike van Graan]] (1998).	+	A trilogy of two-handers, ''[[Happily Ever After]]'', ''[[Sisters]]'' and ''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' by [[Mike van Graan]] (1998).

	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==

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		+	== Awards ==
		+	[[Fleur du Cap]] Award for Best New Script (1998).

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-by [[Mike van Graan]]. A play about ***. First produced in Cape Town in 1998. Winner of the [[Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best New Indigenous Script.
+a trilogy of two-handers, ''Happily Ever After'', ''Sisters'' and ''Thabo for Thabo'' by [[Mike van Graan]] (1998).
-Performed at the [[KKNK]] 1998, directed by [[Jay Pather]], starring [[Dan Robbertse]], [[Lindelani Buthelezi]], [[Ashleigh Tobias]] and [[Strini Pillay]].
+== Performance history in South Africa ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 D|D]]
+== Sources ==
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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	by [[Mike van Graan]]. A play about ***. First produced in Cape Town in 1998. Winner of the [[Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best New Indigenous Script.		by [[Mike van Graan]]. A play about ***. First produced in Cape Town in 1998. Winner of the [[Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best New Indigenous Script.
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		+	Performed at the [[KKNK]] 1998, directed by [[Jay Pather]], starring [[Dan Robbertse]], [[Lindelani Buthelezi]], [[Ashleigh Tobias]] and [[Strini Pillay]].