H.I.E. Dhlomo - Revision history

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Biography

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Dhlomo as writer

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Plays

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Dhlomo as director

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 == Biography ==
-Born Herbert Isaac Ezra Dhlomo at Siyamu, Edenvale near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal. He grew up in Johannesburg where his father worked. After completing his teacher training (under the guidance of [[Albert Luthuli]]), he taught for a while at Umzumbe on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast before relocating to Johannesburg in 1929 and become head teacher at the American Board Mission School in Doornfontein. He married his Amanzimtoti classmate, Ethel Cunene, in 1931.
+Born [[Herbert Isaac Ezra Dhlomo]] at Siyamu, Edenvale near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal. He grew up in Johannesburg where his father worked. After completing his teacher training (under the guidance of [[Albert Luthuli]]), he taught for a while at Umzumbe on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast before relocating to Johannesburg in 1929 and become head teacher at the American Board Mission School in Doornfontein. He married his Amanzimtoti classmate, Ethel Cunene, in 1931.
 Dhlomo appears to have been influenced a good deal by his older brother, [[R.R.R. Dhlomo|Rolfes Dhlomo]], who also trained as a teacher and became a prolific writer. He was also a relative of the well-known musician [[Reuben Caluza]]. From 1924, Dhlomo wrote several signed and anonymous articles for ''[[Ilanga lase Natal]]'', and during the 1930s wrote for ''[[Bantu World]]'' and ''[[Umteteli wa Bantu]]''.

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 == Dhlomo as writer ==
-Dhlomo was a prolific writer of articles, essays in literary theory, poetry (over 140 poems), drama (at least 24 plays), an unpublished anthropological work (''Zulu Life and Thought'') and short fiction (10 short stories). His early work reflected a trend towards "progressivism" - the pursuit of Western-style education and equality and was often written in a romantic style (he championed the writing of "literary" drama), but his later work demonstrated a growing resentment to the social controls exercised by white liberals and a stronger interest in African nationalism, focusing on racism, the exploitation of black workers, the pass system and prostitution.
+Dhlomo was a prolific writer of articles, essays in literary theory, poetry (over 140 poems), drama (at least 23 plays), an unpublished anthropological work (''Zulu Life and Thought'') and short fiction (10 short stories). His early work reflected a trend towards "progressivism" - the pursuit of Western-style education and equality and was often written in a romantic style (he championed the writing of "literary" drama), but his later work demonstrated a growing resentment to the social controls exercised by white liberals and a stronger interest in African nationalism, focusing on racism, the exploitation of black workers, the pass system and prostitution.
 === Plays ===

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 Microform copies of a collection of fragments of plays by Dhlomo are held by the [[Institute for the Study of English in Africa]] at [[Rhodes University]]. These play fragments include:
-''[[Men and Women]]'' (written in the style of an Elizabeth Revenge Tragedy)
+''[[Men and Women]]'' (written in the style of an Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy)
 ''[[The Bazaar]]''

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 Microform copies of a collection of fragments of plays by Dhlomo are held by the [[Institute for the Study of English in Africa]] at [[Rhodes University]]. These play fragments include:
-''[[Men and Women]]''
+''[[Men and Women]]'' (written in the style of an Elizabeth Revenge Tragedy)
 ''[[The Bazaar]]''

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 '''Urban plays''':
-''[[Ruby and Frank]]'' (1939)
+''[[Ruby and Frank]]'' (a musical, 1939)
 ''[[The Workers]]'' (1941)

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 Directed his brother [[R.R.R. Dhlomo|Rolfes]]’s “dramatic sketches” for the ''[[Emancipation Centenary Celebration]]'' at the [[Bantu Men's Social Centre]] in 1934.
-He also directed the first production of his play, ''[[Moshoeshoe]]'', at the [[Bantu Men's Social Club]] in 1939.
+He also directed the first production of his play, ''[[Moshoeshoe]]'', at the [[Bantu Men's Social Centre]] in 1939.
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 Dhlomo played "Young Marlow" in ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'', presented by [[Bantu Dramatic Society]] in April 1933. He also appeared in their production of ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' in 1935.
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 The 1985 Collected Works includes collections of his poetry (including the autobiographical-political poem, ''Valley of a Thousand Hills'', first published in 1941) and ten short stories (under the collective title ''When Evening Falls'').
 == Awards, etc ==

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 ''[[Dingane]]'' (1937)
-''[[Moshoeshoe]]'' (1939)
+''[[Moshoeshoe]]'' (written circa 1937)
 ''[[Shaka]]'' (the text of this play is lost)