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== Performance history in South Africa ==

==Translations and adaptations==

== Sources ==

Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

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Return to [[ESAT Templates]]

Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 M|M]] in Plays I Original SA Plays

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−	~~musical play written by~~ [[~~Mandla Langa]] (1999).~~	+	#REDIRECT[[Milestones]]
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−	~~== Performance history in South Africa ==~~
−	Premièred at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in June 1999, presented by [[Mannie Manim Productions]], directed by [[Jerry Mofokeng]], with [[Hugh Masekela]], [[Owen Sejake]], [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Gloria Bosman]], [[Sello Motloung]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Tsepho Desando]], [[Motsumi Makhene]], [[Mokale Koapeng]] and [[Steve Mofokeng]], with choreography by [[Nomsa Manaka]]. The same production moved to the [[State Theatre]] in July 1999.
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−	~~== Subject ==~~
−	The new South Africa is the focus, and the conflict is between urban modern and rural traditional cultures. The theme is the recovery of their ancestral land by a community who had lost it in the 1960s under the apartheid Group Areas Act, and the opportunity for them to regain their pride based in their traditional values; after working on the mines for thirty years an old patriarch hears that his family’s land has been returned to him and he moves back to the place of his birth, where the challenge is for a community to rebuild and to redefine itself. His only son had been shot as a spy by comrades during the anti-apartheid struggle and when the patriarch dies his surviving heir, his daughter, has to take over the leadership from him. The modern young woman is confronted by the choice between a life of relative poverty as traditional leader of her people, or a career as an urban lawyer in the big city with the bright opportunities available to her in the new South Africa. Her third option, the play suggests satirically, is to join the government and earn a fabulous salary with the perk of a big Mercedes or a BMW...
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−	~~==Translations and adaptations==~~
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
−	[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 160.
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−	~~Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography\|ESAT Bibliography]]~~
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−	~~== Return to ==~~
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−	~~Return to [[ESAT Templates]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 M\|M]] in Plays I Original SA Plays~~
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−	~~Return to [[ESAT Festivals M\|M]] in Plays IV: Festivals and Pageants~~
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−	~~Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]~~
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 == Subject ==
+The new South Africa is the focus, and the conflict is between urban modern and rural traditional cultures. The theme is the recovery of their ancestral land by a community who had lost it in the 1960s under the apartheid Group Areas Act, and the opportunity for them to regain their pride based in their traditional values; after working on the mines for thirty years an old patriarch hears that his family’s land has been returned to him and he moves back to the place of his birth, where the challenge is for a community to rebuild and to redefine itself. His only son had been shot as a spy by comrades during the anti-apartheid struggle and when the patriarch dies his surviving heir, his daughter, has to take over the leadership from him. The modern young woman is confronted by the choice between a life of relative poverty as traditional leader of her people, or a career as an urban lawyer in the big city with the bright opportunities available to her in the new South Africa. Her third option, the play suggests satirically, is to join the government and earn a fabulous salary with the perk of a big Mercedes or a BMW...
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 == Sources ==
+[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 160.
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Premièred at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1999, presented by [[Mannie Manim Productions]], directed by [[Jerry Mofokeng]], with [[Hugh Masekela]], [[Owen Sejake]], [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Gloria Bosman]], [[Sello Motloung]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Tsepho Desando]], [[Motsumi Makhene]], [[Mokale Koapeng]] and [[Steve Mofokeng]], with choreography by [[Nomsa Manaka]].
+Premièred at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in June 1999, presented by [[Mannie Manim Productions]], directed by [[Jerry Mofokeng]], with [[Hugh Masekela]], [[Owen Sejake]], [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Gloria Bosman]], [[Sello Motloung]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Tsepho Desando]], [[Motsumi Makhene]], [[Mokale Koapeng]] and [[Steve Mofokeng]], with choreography by [[Nomsa Manaka]]. The same production moved to the [[State Theatre]] in July 1999.
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		+	EDIT>>> In Milestones the new South Africa is the focus, and the conflict is between urban modern and rural traditional cultures. The theme is the recovery of their ancestral land by a community who had lost it in the 1960s under the apartheid Group Areas Act, and the opportunity for them to regain their pride based in their traditional values (the post-democracy symbolism is clear); after working on the mines for thirty years an old patriarch hears that his family’s land has been returned to him and he moves back to the place of his birth, where the challenge is for a community to rebuild and to redefine itself. His only son had been shot as a spy by comrades during the anti-apartheid struggle and when the patriarch dies his surviving heir, his daughter, has to take over the leadership from him. The modern young woman is confronted by the choice between a life of relative poverty as traditional leader of her people, or a career as an urban lawyer in the big city with the bright opportunities available to her in the new South Africa. Her third option, the play suggests satirically, is to join the government and earn a fabulous salary with the perk of a big Mercedes or a BMW...
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 EDIT >> Milestones tells the story of a people who are rallying themselves for a return to their land led by a patriarch, a modern Moses. They perform their rituals in urban areas, observing custom. The subject matter draws on numerous issues affecting the new South Africa, the role of women in society, the juxtaposition of traditional and contemporary lifestyles, land and the conflict between urban and rural lifestyles.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
		+	Premièred at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1999, presented by [[Mannie Manim Productions]], directed by [[Jerry Mofokeng]], with [[Hugh Masekela]], [[Owen Sejake]], [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Gloria Bosman]], [[Sello Motloung]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Tsepho Desando]], [[Motsumi Makhene]], [[Mokale Koapeng]] and [[Steve Mofokeng]]. Milestones tells the story of a people who are rallying themselves for a return to their land led by a patriarch, a modern Moses. They perform their rituals in urban areas, observing custom. The subject matter draws on numerous issues affecting the new South Africa, the role of women in society, the juxtaposition of traditional and contemporary lifestyles, land and the conflict between urban and rural lifestyles.
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		+	EDIT>>> about forced removals and resettlements under apartheid in the 60’s:
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	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==