Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Revision history

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Miriamt: Created page with "''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright August Wilson. Directed for the 1992 National Arts Festival by Richard Schechner. Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 M..."

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Created page with "''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright August Wilson. Directed for the 1992 National Arts Festival by Richard Schechner. Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 M..."

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''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright [[August Wilson]]. Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]].

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-''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'' is a play by August Wilson.
+''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'' is a play by August Wilson (1945-2005)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson].
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Rainey%27s_Black_Bottom
 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51.

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Rainey%27s_Black_Bottom

	1992 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51.		1992 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51.

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	==The original text==		==The original text==
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		+	Set in Chicago in the 1920s it deals with issues of race, art, religion and the historic exploitation of black recording artists by white producers.
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		+	The play's title refers to a song of the same title by Ma Rainey referring to the "Black Bottom dance".
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		+	The play had its first staged reading in 1982 at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Connecticut. then opened at the Yale Repertory Theater in April 1984, before moving to the Cort Theatre, New York.

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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-Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]]. The producer and lighting designer was [[Michael Maxwell]], Designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Stage manager [[Robyn Dale]], assisted by [[Bongane Motsepe]]. The cast included [[Warwick Grier|Warrick Grier]], [[Michael Huff]], [[Mxolisi Norman]], [[Eugene Madonsela]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sophie Mgcina]] as Ma Rainey, [[Baby Cele]], [[Ignatius Qulu]], [[Thomas Hall]].
+: Performed at the [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Richard Schechner]]. The producer and lighting designer was [[Michael Maxwell]], Designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Stage manager [[Robyn Dale]], assisted by [[Bongane Motsepe]]. The cast included [[Warwick Grier|Warrick Grier]], [[Michael Huff]], [[Mxolisi Norman]], [[Eugene Madonsela]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sophie Mgcina]] as Ma Rainey, [[Baby Cele]], [[Ignatius Qulu]], [[Thomas Hall]].
 == Sources ==
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 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51.
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 M|M]] in Plays 1 Original SA Plays
+== Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 M|M]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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-''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright August Wilson. Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]]. The producer and lighting designer was [[Michael Maxwell]], Designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Stage manager [[Robyn Dale]], assisted by [[Bongane Motsepe]]. The cast included [[Warwick Grier|Warrick Grier]], [[Michael Huff]], [[Mxolisi Norman]], [[Eugene Madonsela]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sophie Mgcina]] as Ma Rainey, [[Baby Cele]], [[Ignatius Qulu]], [[Thomas Hall]].
+''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'' is a play by August Wilson.
 == Sources ==
 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51.

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	''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright August Wilson. Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]]. The producer and lighting designer was [[Michael Maxwell]], Designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Stage manager [[Robyn Dale]], assisted by [[Bongane Motsepe]]. The cast included [[Warwick Grier\|Warrick Grier]], [[Michael Huff]], [[Mxolisi Norman]], [[Eugene Madonsela]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sophie Mgcina]] as Ma Rainey, [[Baby Cele]], [[Ignatius Qulu]], [[Thomas Hall]].		''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright August Wilson. Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]]. The producer and lighting designer was [[Michael Maxwell]], Designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Stage manager [[Robyn Dale]], assisted by [[Bongane Motsepe]]. The cast included [[Warwick Grier\|Warrick Grier]], [[Michael Huff]], [[Mxolisi Norman]], [[Eugene Madonsela]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sophie Mgcina]] as Ma Rainey, [[Baby Cele]], [[Ignatius Qulu]], [[Thomas Hall]].

−	~~(Source:~~ 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51)	+	== Sources ==
		+	1992 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51.

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−	''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright August Wilson. Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]]. The producer and lighting designer was [[Michael Maxwell]], Designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Stage manager [[Robyn Dale]], assisted by [[Bongane Motsepe]]. The cast included [[Warrick Grier]], [[Michael Huff]], [[Mxolisi Norman]], [[Eugene Madonsela]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sophie Mgcina]] as Ma Rainey, [[Baby Cele]], [[Ignatius Qulu]], [[Thomas Hall]].	+	''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright August Wilson. Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]]. The producer and lighting designer was [[Michael Maxwell]], Designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Stage manager [[Robyn Dale]], assisted by [[Bongane Motsepe]]. The cast included [[Warwick Grier\|Warrick Grier]], [[Michael Huff]], [[Mxolisi Norman]], [[Eugene Madonsela]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sophie Mgcina]] as Ma Rainey, [[Baby Cele]], [[Ignatius Qulu]], [[Thomas Hall]].

	(Source: 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51)		(Source: 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51)

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−	''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright August Wilson. Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]]. The producer and lighting designer was [[Michael ~~maxwell~~]], Designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Stage manager [[Robyn Dale]], assisted by [[Bongane Motsepe]]. The cast included [[Warrick Grier]], [[Michael Huff]], [[Mxolisi Norman]], [[Eugene Madonsela]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sophie Mgcina]] as Ma Rainey, [[Baby Cele]], [[Ignatius Qulu]], [[Thomas Hall]].	+	''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright August Wilson. Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]]. The producer and lighting designer was [[Michael Maxwell]], Designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Stage manager [[Robyn Dale]], assisted by [[Bongane Motsepe]]. The cast included [[Warrick Grier]], [[Michael Huff]], [[Mxolisi Norman]], [[Eugene Madonsela]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sophie Mgcina]] as Ma Rainey, [[Baby Cele]], [[Ignatius Qulu]], [[Thomas Hall]].

	(Source: 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51)		(Source: 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51)

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−	''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright [[August Wilson]]. Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]].	+	''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', by American playwright August Wilson. Directed for the 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] by [[Richard Schechner]]. The producer and lighting designer was [[Michael maxwell]], Designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Stage manager [[Robyn Dale]], assisted by [[Bongane Motsepe]]. The cast included [[Warrick Grier]], [[Michael Huff]], [[Mxolisi Norman]], [[Eugene Madonsela]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Sophie Mgcina]] as Ma Rainey, [[Baby Cele]], [[Ignatius Qulu]], [[Thomas Hall]].
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		+	(Source: 1992 [[National Arts Festival]] Souvenir Programme, p. 51)