Sarafina! - Revision history

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 It was nominated for and won numerous awards over the years.
-The text was published by ** in 198*,
+The text was published by ** in 198*, in ''The Best of Mbongeni Ngema: an Anthology'' by Skotaville Publishers in 1995, and by Nasou/Via Afrika in 2005.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	https://www.thesouthafrican.com/culture/entertainment/sarafina-mbongeni-ngema-durban-playhouse-company-tickets-when-where/		https://www.thesouthafrican.com/culture/entertainment/sarafina-mbongeni-ngema-durban-playhouse-company-tickets-when-where/
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		+	[[Johann 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]

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 June 1987 – A musical composed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]] and [[Hugh Masekela]]. Directed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]]. Cast : [[Baby Cele]], [[Dumisani Dlamini]], [[Lindiwe Dlamini]], [[Ntomb’khona Dlamini]], [[Khumbuzile Dhlamini]], [[Congo Hadebe]], [[Lileti Khumalo]], [[Siboniso Khumalo]], [[Mhlathi Khuzwayo]], [[Cosmas Mahlaba]], [[Thandani Mavinbela]], [[Monlanhla Mbambo]], [[Pat Mlaba]], [[Mubi Mofokeng]],[[Linda Mtolo]], [[Thandekile Ncube]], [[Nandi Ndlovu]], [[Mhlanhla Ngema]], [[Mpumelelo Shelembe]], [[Kipizane Skweyiya]] at the [[Market Theatre]].
-: This company went on to open in New York in January 1988, and continue touring in the USA for 5 years. The second company opened at the [[Market Theatre]], before beginning a four year tour, which included the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan and West Africa.
+: This company went on to open in New York in January 1988, and continue touring in the USA for 5 years. The production was nominated on Broadway for five Tony Awards. The second company opened at the [[Market Theatre]], before beginning a four year tour, which included the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan and West Africa.
 : A co-production by the [[State Theatre]], the [[Market Theatre]], [[PACOFS]] and Ngema’s theatre company [[Committed Artists]] was staged with a large cast including [[Leleti Khumalo]], [[Pat Mlaba]] and [[Velephi Mnisi]] and opened in the [[State Theatre]] in June 2004 before touring to other South African venues.

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 : Performed by [[Committed Artists]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1986, directed and choreographed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]], with music by Ngema, and [[Hugh Masekela]] and featuring [[Leleti Khumalo]] as “Sarafina”, along with 20 dancers and singers.
-June 1987 – A musical composed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]] and [[Hugh Masekela]]. Directed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]]. Cast : [[Baby Cele]], [[Dumisani Dlamini]], [[Lindiwe Dlamini]], [[Ntomb’khona Dlamini]], [[Khumbuzile Dhlamini]], [[Congo Hadebe]], [[Lileti Khumalo]], [[Siboniso Khumalo]], [[Mhlathi Khuzwayo]], [[Cosmas Mahlaba]], [[Thandani Mavinbela]], [[Monlanhla Mbambo]], [[Pat Mlaba]], [[Mubi Mofokeng]],[[Linda Mtolo]], [[Thandekile Ncube]], [[Nandi Ndlovu]], [[Mhlanhla Ngema]], [[Mpumelelo Shelembe]], [[Kipizane Skweyiya]].
+June 1987 – A musical composed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]] and [[Hugh Masekela]]. Directed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]]. Cast : [[Baby Cele]], [[Dumisani Dlamini]], [[Lindiwe Dlamini]], [[Ntomb’khona Dlamini]], [[Khumbuzile Dhlamini]], [[Congo Hadebe]], [[Lileti Khumalo]], [[Siboniso Khumalo]], [[Mhlathi Khuzwayo]], [[Cosmas Mahlaba]], [[Thandani Mavinbela]], [[Monlanhla Mbambo]], [[Pat Mlaba]], [[Mubi Mofokeng]],[[Linda Mtolo]], [[Thandekile Ncube]], [[Nandi Ndlovu]], [[Mhlanhla Ngema]], [[Mpumelelo Shelembe]], [[Kipizane Skweyiya]] at the [[Market Theatre]].
 : This company went on to open in New York in January 1988, and continue touring in the USA for 5 years. The second company opened at the [[Market Theatre]], before beginning a four year tour, which included the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan and West Africa.

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	[[Artslink]].co.za News Headlines - Week 44 - 05/11/2016 09:30		[[Artslink]].co.za News Headlines - Week 44 - 05/11/2016 09:30
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 June 1987 – A musical composed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]] and [[Hugh Masekela]]. Directed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]]. Cast : [[Baby Cele]], [[Dumisani Dlamini]], [[Lindiwe Dlamini]], [[Ntomb’khona Dlamini]], [[Khumbuzile Dhlamini]], [[Congo Hadebe]], [[Lileti Khumalo]], [[Siboniso Khumalo]], [[Mhlathi Khuzwayo]], [[Cosmas Mahlaba]], [[Thandani Mavinbela]], [[Monlanhla Mbambo]], [[Pat Mlaba]], [[Mubi Mofokeng]],[[Linda Mtolo]], [[Thandekile Ncube]], [[Nandi Ndlovu]], [[Mhlanhla Ngema]], [[Mpumelelo Shelembe]], [[Kipizane Skweyiya]].
 : This company went on to open in New York in January 1988, and continue touring in the USA for 5 years. The second company opened at the [[Market Theatre]], before beginning a four year tour, which included the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan and West Africa.
 : A co-production by the [[State Theatre]], the [[Market Theatre]], [[PACOFS]] and Ngema’s theatre company [[Committed Artists]] was staged with a large cast including [[Leleti Khumalo]], [[Pat Mlaba]] and [[Velephi Mnisi]] and opened in the [[State Theatre]] in June 2004 before touring to other South African venues.
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 : Presented by the [[South African State Theatre]], Pretoria, in association with [[Mbongeni Ngema]] and [[Committed Artists Theatricals]]  and funded by the [[National Department of Arts and Culture]]. Opened on 25 February.
 ='''''Sarafina!''''' (1992) the film,  by [[Anant Singh]] and [[Darryl Roodt]]=

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	= Sources =		= Sources =
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		+	[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

	[[Gibson Cima]]. 2014. "''[[Sarafina! in Black and White]]'': revival, colour-conscious casting and new social cohesion paradigms", ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' Volume 27, No. 3: pp. 207-221.		[[Gibson Cima]]. 2014. "''[[Sarafina! in Black and White]]'': revival, colour-conscious casting and new social cohesion paradigms", ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' Volume 27, No. 3: pp. 207-221.

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 == Other productions ==
-: Performed by [[Committed Artists]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1986, directed and choreographed by Ngema, with music by Ngema, and [[Hugh Masekela]] and featuring [[Leleti Khumalo]] as “Sarafina”, along with 20 dancers and singers. This company went on to open in New York in January 1988, and continue touring in the USA for 5 years.
+: Performed by [[Committed Artists]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1986, directed and choreographed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]], with music by Ngema, and [[Hugh Masekela]] and featuring [[Leleti Khumalo]] as “Sarafina”, along with 20 dancers and singers.
-: The second company opened at the [[Market Theatre]], before beginning a four year tour, which included the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan and West Africa.
+June 1987 – A musical composed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]] and [[Hugh Masekela]]. Directed by [[Mbongeni Ngema]]. Cast : [[Baby Cele]], [[Dumisani Dlamini]], [[Lindiwe Dlamini]], [[Ntomb’khona Dlamini]], [[Khumbuzile Dhlamini]], [[Congo Hadebe]], [[Lileti Khumalo]], [[Siboniso Khumalo]], [[Mhlathi Khuzwayo]], [[Cosmas Mahlaba]], [[Thandani Mavinbela]], [[Monlanhla Mbambo]], [[Pat Mlaba]], [[Mubi Mofokeng]],[[Linda Mtolo]], [[Thandekile Ncube]], [[Nandi Ndlovu]], [[Mhlanhla Ngema]], [[Mpumelelo Shelembe]], [[Kipizane Skweyiya]].

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 : A co-production by the [[State Theatre]], the [[Market Theatre]], [[PACOFS]] and Ngema’s theatre company [[Committed Artists]] was staged with a large cast including [[Leleti Khumalo]], [[Pat Mlaba]] and [[Velephi Mnisi]] and opened in the [[State Theatre]] in June 2004 before touring to other South African venues.
-: A multiracial version of [[Mbongeni Ngema]]'s original play, called ''[[ Sarafina! in Black and White]]'', was done as a student production by Department of Performing Arts (Musical Theatre) was performed at the [[Tshwane University of Technology]] in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]], Pretoria, in October. It was  directed by [[Josias Dos Moleele]], with [[Sidney Agnew]] and [[Letshego Seekoe]] as choreographers, [[Rostislava Pashkevitch]] as the Musical Director,  assisted by [[Pule Makona]] and sound design by [[Freddy Malesa]].  Produced by  [[Vusabantu Ngema]]. Moleele cast [[Tumi Lesejane]],  [[black]] actress, and [[Suzaan Helberg]], a white [[Afrikaans]-speaking performer, jointly in the title role, the actresses in repertory, alternating in the leading role. This casting drew strong reactions from critics and audiences.
+: A multiracial version of [[Mbongeni Ngema]]'s original play, called ''[[ Sarafina! in Black and White]]'', was done in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]], Pretoria, in October as a student production by the Department of Performing Arts (Musical Theatre) at the [[Tshwane University of Technology]]. It was  directed by [[Josias Dos Moleele]], with [[Sidney Agnew]] and [[Letshego Seekoe]] as choreographers, [[Rostislava Pashkevitch]] as the Musical Director,  assisted by [[Pule Makona]] and sound design by [[Freddy Malesa]].  Produced by [[Vusabantu Ngema]]. Moleele cast [[Tumi Lesejane]],  [[black]] actress, and [[Suzaan Helberg]], a white [[Afrikaans]-speaking performer, jointly in the title role, the actresses in repertory, alternating in the leading role. This casting drew strong reactions from critics and audiences.
-: The play was revamped for a number of performances at the [[Soweto Theatre]] during July. However, in the light of the reponses, the director had both actresses in the final two performances, with  Lesejane appearing as the lead in the first act and Helberg in the second. At the end of the play both performers appeared hand-in-hand, dressed as Nelson Mandela and intoning the words "We are one colour".
+: The play was revamped for a number of performances at the [[Soweto Theatre]] during July. However, in the light of the responses, the director had both actresses in the final two performances, with  Lesejane appearing as the lead in the first act and Helberg in the second. At the end of the play both performers appeared hand-in-hand, dressed as [[Nelson Mandela]] and intoning the words "We are one colour".
 : Presented by the [[South African State Theatre]], Pretoria, in association with [[Mbongeni Ngema]] and [[Committed Artists Theatricals]]  and funded by the [[National Department of Arts and Culture]]. Opened on 25 February.