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 * ''[[Friday's Bread on Monday]]'' (1970) (addressing the theme of poverty - based a real-life incident, it concerns a group of boys, who trek across town to buy three-day-old bread because Brito’s Bakery sold it at a cheaper price on Monday.)
 * ''[[The Sell Out]]'' (1971) about police informers.
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 * ''[[The Coat]]'' (1965)
 * ''[[The Cure]]'' (1968) - an adaptation of Machiavelli’s ''[[La Mandragola]]'' (directed by Fugard and set in a township).
 * ''[[The Last Bus]]'' (1969) about the relationship between black and coloured people in Port Elizabeth.
 * ''[[The Sell Out]]'' (1971) about police informers.

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	https://www.thefugard.com/athol-fugard/

	[[Loren Kruger]], 1999: 136-138, 156, 159;		[[Loren Kruger]], 1999: 136-138, 156, 159;

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 ==Productions==
-The [[Serpent Players]] created several pieces of theatre, including:
+The [[Serpent Players]] created several pieces of theatre, a number of them with Athol Fugard and Sheila Fugard. These include:
 * ''[[The Coat]]'' (1965)

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 * ''[[The Coat]]'' (1965)
-* ''[[The Last Bus]]'' (1966) about the relationship between black and coloured people in Port Elizabeth.
 * ''[[Friday's Bread on Monday]]'' (1967) (addressing the theme of poverty - based a real-life incident, it concerns a group of boys, who trek across town to buy three-day-old bread because Brito’s Bakery sold it at a cheaper price on Monday.)
 * ''[[The Cure]]'' (1968) - an adaptation of Machiavelli’s ''[[La Mandragola]]'' (directed by Fugard and set in a township).
 * ''[[The Sell Out]]'' (1971) about police informers.

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 'Actor, humanist, mentor'. ''[[Mail and Guardian]]''. 17 August 2018.
-Ella Parke. 2024. A Conversation with Dr. John Kani, ''[[The Carletonian]]'': Saturday, May 4, 2024[https://thecarletonian.com/19197/arts-and-features/a-conversation-with-dr-john-kani/]
+Ella Parke. 2024. A Conversation with Dr. [[John Kani]], ''[[The Carletonian]]'': Saturday, May 4, 2024[https://thecarletonian.com/19197/arts-and-features/a-conversation-with-dr-john-kani/]
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	'Actor, humanist, mentor'. ''[[Mail and Guardian]]''. 17 August 2018.		'Actor, humanist, mentor'. ''[[Mail and Guardian]]''. 17 August 2018.
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		+	Ella Parke. 2024. A Conversation with Dr. John Kani, ''[[The Carletonian]]'': Saturday, May 4, 2024[https://thecarletonian.com/19197/arts-and-features/a-conversation-with-dr-john-kani/]

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 ==Founding==
-Founded in the early 1960's (some sources have 1963, Nkonyeni says 1961) by a group of industrial and service workers led by [[Norman Ntshinga]] and including [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]], [[John Kani]], [[Winston Ntshona]], [[Welcome Duru]], [[Fats Bookholane]], [[Mike Ngxolo]] and [[Mabel Magada]].
+Founded in the early 1960's (some sources have 1963, Nkonyeni says 1961) by a group of industrial and service workers from New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, led by [[Norman Ntshinga]] and including [[Nomhle Nkonyeni]], [[John Kani]], [[Winston Ntshona]], [[Welcome Duru]], [[Fats Bookholane]], [[Mike Ngxolo]] and [[Mabel Magada]].
 The name came about when the group was first formed. While searching for a venue in which to perform they were offered the use of the recently vacated Port Elizabeth Museum premises in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth. As their first venture, they decided to stage a theatre-in-the-round production in the empty snake pit and settled on the name, ''[[Serpent Players]]''. The production was never staged, but the name stuck.