King Baabu - Revision history

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Miriamt at 10:26, 7 May 2012

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 == Sources ==
-''The Citizen'', 4 September 2002.
+''[[The Citizen]]'', 4 September 2002.
-''Die Burger'', 7 September 2002.
+''[[Die Burger]]'', 7 September 2002.
-''Cape Times'', 9 September 2002.
+''[[Cape Times]]'', 9 September 2002.
-''The Star'', 13 September 2002.
+''[[The Star]]'', 13 September 2002.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:51, 11 February 2015
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−	'''''King Baabu''''' is a play by [[Wole Soyinka]]. An African re-working of ''Ubu Roi'' by Jarry, and based on experiences recounted in Soyinka's own book ''The Burden of the Past'', produced by Nàwáo Productions (a consortium of Nigerian, Swiss and British companies). First performed in Lagos in 2001, then played in Ibadan, Benin City, Zurich and Düssdeldorf.	+	'''''King Baabu''''' is a play by [[Wole Soyinka]]. An African re-working of ''[[Ubu Roi]]'' by [[Alfred Jarry]], and based on experiences recounted in Soyinka's own book ''The Burden of the Past'', produced by Nàwáo Productions (a consortium of Nigerian, Swiss and British companies). First performed in Lagos in 2001, then played in Ibadan, Benin City, Zurich and Düssdeldorf.

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-''King Baabu'' by Wole Soyinka. An African re-working of ''Ubu Roi'' by Jarry,  and based on experiences recounted in Soyinka's own book ''The Burden of the Past'', produced by Nàwáo Productions (a consortium of Nigerian, Swiss and British companies). First performed in Lagos in 2002?*, then played in Ibadan, Benin City, Zurich and Düssdeldorf. Newly directed by the author with some new cast members, its Southern African  tour opened at the [[Baxter Theatre]], Cape Town on September 4, 2002.
+'''''King Baabu''''' is a play by [[Wole Soyinka]]. An African re-working of ''Ubu Roi'' by Jarry,  and based on experiences recounted in Soyinka's own book ''The Burden of the Past'', produced by Nàwáo Productions (a consortium of Nigerian, Swiss and British companies). First performed in Lagos in 2001, then played in Ibadan, Benin City, Zurich and Düssdeldorf.
 == The original text ==
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Newly directed by the author with some new cast members, its Southern African  tour opened at the [[Baxter Theatre]], Cape Town on September 4, 2002.
+Its Southern African tour opened at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town on September 4, 2002. The production was newly directed by the author with some new cast members, including Yomi A. Michaels (as Baabu), Susan Aderin, Makinde Adeniran, Ayo Olawuni, Emmanuel Oga, Wale Ojo and Anthony Ofoegbu. It was subsequently staged at the [[State Theatre]] in Pretoria.
-== Sources ==
+''The Star'', 13 September 2002.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ''King Baabu'' by Wole Soyinka. An African re-working of ''Ubu Roi'' by Jarry,  and based on experiences recounted in Soyinka's own book ''The Burden of the Past'', produced by Nàwáo Productions (a consortium of Nigerian, Swiss and British companies). First performed in Lagos in 2002?*, then played in Ibadan, Benin City, Zurich and Düssdeldorf. Newly directed by the author with some new cast members, its Southern African  tour opened at the [[Baxter Theatre]], Cape Town on September 4, 2002.
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 K|K]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
+==Translations and adaptations==
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+== Performance history in South Africa ==
 Return to [[Main Page]]

← Older revision	Revision as of 10:26, 7 May 2012
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−	+	''King Baabu'' by Wole Soyinka. An African re-working of ''Ubu Roi'' by Jarry, and based on experiences recounted in Soyinka's own book ''The Burden of the Past'', produced by Nàwáo Productions (a consortium of Nigerian, Swiss and British companies). First performed in Lagos in 2002?*, then played in Ibadan, Benin City, Zurich and Düssdeldorf. Newly directed by the author with some new cast members, its Southern African tour opened at the [[Baxter Theatre]], Cape Town on September 4, 2002.