Egoli: City of Gold - Revision history

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−	''[[Egoli: City of Gold]]'' (also printed ''[[eGoli: City of Gold]]'') is a play by [[Matsemela Manaka]].	+	''[[Egoli: City of Gold]]'' (also printed ''[[eGoli: City of Gold]]'') is a play by [[Matsemela Manaka]] (1955-1998).

	==The original text==		==The original text==

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 The play is a searing indictment of the exploitation of industrial workers. It provided a basis for optimism among members of the working class, especially the Natonal Union of Mineworkers who were in the forefront of the Congress of SA Workers Unions.
-Published in 1980.
+Published in 1980. Also published in ''[[Beyond the Echoes of Soweto: Five Plays by Matsemela Manaka]]'' (1997).
 The play was banned in South Africa but awarded a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Festival and was voted "Best Play of the Year" in London in 1982.

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	The play is a searing indictment of the exploitation of industrial workers. It provided a basis for optimism among members of the working class, especially the Natonal Union of Mineworkers who were in the forefront of the Congress of SA Workers Unions.		The play is a searing indictment of the exploitation of industrial workers. It provided a basis for optimism among members of the working class, especially the Natonal Union of Mineworkers who were in the forefront of the Congress of SA Workers Unions.
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		+	Published in 1980.

	The play was banned in South Africa but awarded a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Festival and was voted "Best Play of the Year" in London in 1982.		The play was banned in South Africa but awarded a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Festival and was voted "Best Play of the Year" in London in 1982.

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 A play about the lives of two miners in Johannesburg (the "city of gold" of [[Egoli]]), exploring the effects of drink, dangerous work and confinement in hostels on the men. Workshopped by Manaka with actors [[John Maolusi Ledwaba]] and [[Hamilton Mahonga Silwane]] under the auspices of [[Soyikwa Theatre]] in mid-1979.
-The play was voted "Best Play of the Year" in London in 1982.
+The play is a searing indictment of the exploitation of industrial workers. It provided a basis for optimism among members of the working class, especially the Natonal Union of Mineworkers who were in the forefront of the Congress of SA Workers Unions.
 ''Not to be confused with the Afrikaans TV series '''''[[Egoli: Plek van Goud]]'''''

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 ==The original text==
-A play about the lives of two miners in the city of Johannesburg, exploring the effects of drink, dangerous work and confinement in hostels on the men. Workshopped by Manaka with actors [[John Maolusi Ledwaba]] and [[Hamilton Mahonga Silwane]] under the auspices of [[Soyikwa Theatre]] in mid-1979.
+A play about the lives of two miners in Johannesburg (the "city of gold" of [[Egoli]]), exploring the effects of drink, dangerous work and confinement in hostels on the men. Workshopped by Manaka with actors [[John Maolusi Ledwaba]] and [[Hamilton Mahonga Silwane]] under the auspices of [[Soyikwa Theatre]] in mid-1979.
 The play was voted "Best Play of the Year" in London in 1982.

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-''[[Egoli: City of Gold]]'' (also printed ''[[eGoli: City of Gold]]'') is a play by [[Matsemela Manaka]]. A play about the lives of two miners in the city of Johannesburg, exploring the effects of drink, dangerous work and confinement in hostels on the men. Workshopped by Manaka with actors [[John Maolusi Ledwaba]] and [[Hamilton Mahonga Silwane]] under the auspices of [[Soyikwa Theatre]] in mid-1979.
+''[[Egoli: City of Gold]]'' (also printed ''[[eGoli: City of Gold]]'') is a play by [[Matsemela Manaka]].
 The play was voted "Best Play of the Year" in London in 1982.
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-''1979: First performed at the [[Soweto YMCA]].
+: First performed at the [[Soweto YMCA]].
 : Reshaped and directed by [[Rob Amato]] for the [[Rehearsal Room]] at [[The Space]] (Cape Town) in August 1979. [[Dan Lekalakala]] was the stage manager with [[Ben Dekker]] as the designer and [[John Roberts]] as head of lighting.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 ''1979: First performed at the [[Soweto YMCA]].
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 == Performance history abroad ==
 : Staged at the Erlangen Festival in West Germany
 == Sources ==
 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

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	The play was voted "Best Play of the Year" in London in 1982.		The play was voted "Best Play of the Year" in London in 1982.
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		+	Not to be confused with the Afrikaans TV series ''[[Egoli: Plek van Goud]]''

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