Sam Mhangwane - Revision history

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 [[Sam Mhangwane]] (19**-) Playwright and director.
-In some sources written as Sam Mhangwani.
+In some sources written as [[Sam Mhangwani]].
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 ''[[Sowetan]]'', 17 November 2008.
-Xaba, Andile. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.
+[[Andile Xaba]]. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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 His plays include:
-His melodramatic tale ''[[The Unfaithful Woman]]'' (1966) is reputed to be the longest running play in South African theatre history, still going strong in the mid-eighties.
+''[[The Unfaithful Woman]]'' (1965)
-''[[Blame Yourself]]'' (1970) was another success.
+''[[Blame Yourself]]'' (1970)
 == Sources ==

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 Along with [[Gibson Kente]], he is the creator of the “township musical” style popular entertainment.
 His plays were popular and generated large audiences. Mhangwane saw drama as a means to communicate ideas leading to the correcting of social ills in black society.
 Mhangwane also ran courses in acting for young black performers in Johannesburg at his [[People's Theatre Association]], among them was [[Peter Ngwenya]].

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 His plays were popular and generated large audiences. Mhangwane saw drama as a means to communicate ideas leading to the correcting of social ills in black society.
-His melodramatic tale entitled ''[[The Unfaithful Woman]]'', which premiered in 1966, is reputed to be the longest running play in South African theatre history, still going strong in the mid-eighties. ''[[Blame Yourself]]'' (1970) was another success.
 Mhangwane also ran courses in acting for young black performers in Johannesburg at his [[People's Theatre Association]], among them was [[Peter Ngwenya]].
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 In the 2000s he ran Drakensberg Promotions, organisers of jazz festivals.
 == Sources ==

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		+	Xaba, Andile. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.

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 [[Sam Mhangwane]] (19**-) Playwright and director.
 Along with [[Gibson Kente]], he is the creator of the “township musical” style popular entertainment. His melodramatic tale entitled ''[[The Unfaithful Woman]]'', which premiered in 1966, is reputed to be the longest running play in South African theatre history, still going strong in the mid-eighties. ''[[Blame Yourself]]'' (1970) was another success.
-Mhangwane also ran courses in acting for young black performers in Johannesburg.
+Mhangwane also ran courses in acting for young black performers in Johannesburg at his [[People's Theatre Association]], among them was [[Peter Ngwenya]].
 He worked with [[SATO]], and his work was rejected as cheap escapist entertainment by [[SASO]] and the intellectuals of the [[BCM]].
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 In the 2000s he ran Drakensberg Promotions, organisers of jazz festivals.
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