South African Theatre - Revision history

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South African Theatre as a descriptor or theme

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The broad definition

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South African Theatre as the name of a venue

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Other possible definitions

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South African Theatre as the name of a venue

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South African Theatre as a descriptor or theme

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−	The phrase '''South African Theatre''' may refer to two things:	+	The phrase '''South African Theatre''' may refer to two things: [[South African theatre]]

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-As pointed out regarding the term  '''[[South African]]''', the notion usually refers to anything belonging to or arising from the political and geographical region called [[South Africa]]. Of course there is a problem with an itinerant and multicultural cultural activity such as [[theatre]] - for when does a production become "[[South African]]"? (When there is an South African cast? When the play is put on in South Africa? etc.)  So "[[South African theatre]]" is perhaps best described by  more cumbersome terms, such as  [[Theatre in South Africa]] or [[Theatre of South Africa]], though each in turn has its own delimitations and/or shortcomings.
+As pointed out regarding the term  '''[[South African]]''', the notion usually refers to anything belonging to or arising from the political and geographical region called [[South Africa]]. Of course there is a problem with an itinerant and multicultural cultural activity such as [[theatre]] - for when does a production become "[[South African]]"? (When there is an South African cast? When the play is put on in South Africa? etc. - see in this regard also  the entry on the term ''[[African]]'')  So "[[South African theatre]]" is perhaps best described by  more cumbersome terms, such as  [[Theatre in South Africa]] or [[Theatre of South Africa]], though each in turn has its own delimitations and/or shortcomings.
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 General usage, and definitely for the purposes of this Encyclopaedia, the term [[South African Theatre]] (and the other terms related to it), refer not only to plays or performances created by South Africans, but also all works (foreign and local "texts") performed in South Africa by locals and foreigners, and all local productions performed or toured abroad.
-(''In this regard, see the introductory article: '''[[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre: An Overview]]''', as well as the entries on the notions '''[[South African]]'' and ''[[African]]''''')
+(''In this regard, see the introductory article: '''[[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre: An Overview]]''', as well as the entries on the notion '''[[South African]]''''')
 [[Southern African]] is sometimes used to ''include'' '''South Africa''',  but to also indicate a slightly broader geographic and cultural area, including neighbouring countries, such as [[Lesotho]], [[Malawi]], [[Mozambique]], [[Namibia]], [[Zambia]], [[Zimbabwe]],  etc.

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 General usage, and definitely for the purposes of this Encyclopaedia, the term [[South African Theatre]] (and the other terms related to it), refer not only to plays or performances created by South Africans, but also all works (foreign and local "texts") performed in South Africa by locals and foreigners, and all local productions performed or toured abroad.
-(''In this regard, see the introductory article: '''[[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre: An Overview]]''', as well as the entry on the notion '''[[South African]]''''')
+(''In this regard, see the introductory article: '''[[South African Theatre/Overview|South African Theatre: An Overview]]''', as well as the entries on the notions '''[[South African]]'' and ''[[African]]''''')
 [[Southern African]] is sometimes used to ''include'' '''South Africa''',  but to also indicate a slightly broader geographic and cultural area, including neighbouring countries, such as [[Lesotho]], [[Malawi]], [[Mozambique]], [[Namibia]], [[Zambia]], [[Zimbabwe]],  etc.
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 The name [[South African Theatre]] was at times applied to the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town by 19th century journalists. (See for example [[F.C.L. Bosman]],1928).
-'''See The [[African Theatre]]'''
+'''See [[The African Theatre]]'''
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-The name [[South African Theatre]] was at times applied to the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town by 19th century journalists. See for example [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928).
+The name [[South African Theatre]] was at times applied to the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town by 19th century journalists. (See for example [[F.C.L. Bosman]],1928).
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 Another, possibly more radical and insidious example of this kind of parochialism occurs where some authors have co-opted the term to refer to works in only one language as "South African" (this applies to film, music, prose, poetry and  theatre).
-All of this is of course ultimately related to the philosophical and semantic issue of what do we actually mean by '''''[[South African]]''''' art and culture ''per se'' - an ongoing argument.
+All of this is of course ultimately related to the philosophical and semantic issues such as ''indigineity''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenism] and ''decolonisation''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decolonization];  and what we actually mean by '''''[[South African]]''''' art and culture ''per se'' - an ongoing argument.
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−	The name [[South African Theatre]] was at times applied to the African Theatre in Cape Town	+	The name [[South African Theatre]] was at times applied to the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town by 19th century journalists. See for example [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928).