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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Premiered at the ML Sultan Hall in Durban on 12 December 1962 and had a run at, Sea Point‟s Weizman Theatre before moving to the Lotus Hall in Pietermaritzburg in March of 1963. the Wits Great Hall before its enormous success in the United States in 1964. The play opened at the Cort Theater on Broadway on 2 April 1964 before moving to the African Pavilion of the World Fair in New York.
+: Premiered at the ML Sultan Hall in Durban on 12 December 1962 and had a run at Sea Point's [[Weizman Theatre]] before moving to the Lotus Hall in Pietermaritzburg in March of 1963. the Wits Great Hall before its enormous success in the United States in 1964. The play opened at the Cort Theater on Broadway on 2 April 1964 before moving to the African Pavilion of the World Fair in New York.
 It was produced by the [[Union Artists]] and performed by students of the [[AMDA]] drama school.***

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	Hermann Wittenberg. 2007. Alan Paton’s writing for the stage: towards a non-racial South African theatre. ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'', 1: 307-327.		Hermann Wittenberg. 2007. Alan Paton’s writing for the stage: towards a non-racial South African theatre. ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'', 1: 307-327.
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		+	''Sunday Independent'' 20 September 1998

	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, including records of reviews and/or programmes of productions.		Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, including records of reviews and/or programmes of productions.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Premiered at the ML Sultan Hall in Durban on 12 December 1962 and had a run at the Wits Great Hall before its enormous success in the United States in 1964. The play opened at the Cort Theater on Broadway on 2 April 1964 before moving to the African Pavilion of the World Fair in New York.
+: Premiered at the ML Sultan Hall in Durban on 12 December 1962 and had a run at, Sea Point‟s Weizman Theatre before moving to the Lotus Hall in Pietermaritzburg in March of 1963. the Wits Great Hall before its enormous success in the United States in 1964. The play opened at the Cort Theater on Broadway on 2 April 1964 before moving to the African Pavilion of the World Fair in New York.
 It was produced by the [[Union Artists]] and performed by students of the [[AMDA]] drama school.***

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	[[Alan Paton]] and [[Krishna Shah]]. 1965. ''[[Sponono]]''. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York.		[[Alan Paton]] and [[Krishna Shah]]. 1965. ''[[Sponono]]''. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York.
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		+	Hermann Wittenberg. 2007. Alan Paton’s writing for the stage: towards a non-racial South African theatre. ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'', 1: 307-327.

	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, including records of reviews and/or programmes of productions.		Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, including records of reviews and/or programmes of productions.

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 The play is set in a boys' reformatory school in South Africa and deals with the relationship between a young black boy (Sponono) and the white principal of the reform school. The boy struggles to live up to the expectations of the principal, while the principal struggles to understand the boy. The play highlights the problem of mutual understanding across racial tensions in Apartheid South Africa.
-The play is based on three stories from a collection of short stories by [[Alan Paton]], titled ''Tales from a Troubled Land'' (published in 1961).
+The play is based on three stories (“Sponono”, “Ha‟ Penny” and “Death of a Tsotsi”) from a collection of short stories by [[Alan Paton]], titled ''Tales from a Troubled Land'' (published in 1961).
 Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York in 1965, and in Cape Town by [[David Philip]], 1983. ISBN 9780908396900.

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−	''[[Sponono]]'' is a play in three acts by [[Alan Paton]] (1903-1988) and [[Krishna Shah]]. Based on three stories by Alan Paton.	+	''[[Sponono]]'' is a play in three acts by [[Alan Paton]] (1903-1988) and [[Krishna Shah]] (1938-2013). Based on three stories by Alan Paton.

	== The original text ==		== The original text ==

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	Programme of ''[[Sponono]]'' staged in February 1963. Programme sponsored by The OK Bazaars.		Programme of ''[[Sponono]]'' staged in February 1963. Programme sponsored by The OK Bazaars.
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		+	[[Alan Paton]] and [[Krishna Shah]]. 1965. ''[[Sponono]]''. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York.

	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, including records of reviews and/or programmes of productions.		Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue, including records of reviews and/or programmes of productions.