Steve Biko: The Inquest - Revision history

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: First performed by the [[Upstairs Theatre Company]], Durban, 1985, directed by [[Saira Essa]], starring [[Charles Pillai]], [[Kerneels Coertzen]], [[Peter Holden]], [[Willem Pretorius]], [[Chris Steyn]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Ralph Draper]], [[Ronald France]].''
+: First performed by the [[Upstairs Theatre Company]], Durban,  and at the [[Laager]] in 1985, directed by [[Saira Essa]], starring [[Charles Pillai]], [[Kerneels Coertzen]], [[Peter Holden]], [[Willem Pretorius]], [[Chris Steyn]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Ralph Draper]], [[Ronald France]].''
 The production was also shown at the Prithvi Festival in Bombay in the same year.

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−	''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' is a play devised by [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]]	+	''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' is a play devised by [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]] (1954-2010)
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		+	Also found as '''''[[Steve Biko - The Inquest]]'''''

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 ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' is a play devised by [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]]
 == The original text ==
-Due to a controversy over performance rights for [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]]'s play ''[[The Biko Inquest]]'', [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]] created their own adaptation of the script, referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments they had already made, resulting in the play ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' (subtitled ''A documentary based on the inquest hearing into the death in detention of Steven Bantu Biko''). It was published in Durban by Art Printers, [ca.]1985. (ISBN 9780620094832 - paperback).
+Due to a controversy over performance rights for [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]]'s play ''[[The Biko Inquest]]'', [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]] created their own adaptation of the script, based on Essa's own research and referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments they had already made, resulting in the play ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' (subtitled ''A documentary based on the inquest hearing into the death in detention of Steven Bantu Biko''). It was published in Durban by Art Printers, [ca.]1985. (ISBN 9780620094832 - paperback).
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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 The production was also shown at the Prithvi Festival in Bombay in the same year.
 == Sources ==

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 : First performed by the [[Upstairs Theatre Company]], Durban, 1985, directed by [[Saira Essa]], starring [[Charles Pillai]], [[Kerneels Coertzen]], [[Peter Holden]], [[Willem Pretorius]], [[Chris Steyn]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Ralph Draper]], [[Ronald France]].''
-and [[Market Theatre|The Laager]] in Johannesburg.
+The production was also shown at the Prithvi Festival in Bombay in the same year.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	Due to a controversy over performance rights for [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]]'s play ''[[The Biko Inquest]]'', [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]] created their own adaptation of the script, referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments they had already made, resulting in the play ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' (subtitled ''A documentary based on the inquest hearing into the death in detention of Steven Bantu Biko''). It was published in Durban by Art Printers, [ca.]1985. (ISBN 9780620094832 - paperback).		Due to a controversy over performance rights for [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]]'s play ''[[The Biko Inquest]]'', [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]] created their own adaptation of the script, referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments they had already made, resulting in the play ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' (subtitled ''A documentary based on the inquest hearing into the death in detention of Steven Bantu Biko''). It was published in Durban by Art Printers, [ca.]1985. (ISBN 9780620094832 - paperback).
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−	~~Directed by [[Saira Essa]] for the Prithvi Festival in Bombay in 1985.~~

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]''  was first produced in South Africa by the [[Upstairs Theatre Company]] in the [[Abbey Theatre]] Durban and [[Market Theatre|The Laager]] in Johannesburg.
+: First performed by the [[Upstairs Theatre Company]], Durban, 1985, directed by [[Saira Essa]], starring [[Charles Pillai]], [[Kerneels Coertzen]], [[Peter Holden]], [[Willem Pretorius]], [[Chris Steyn]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Ralph Draper]], [[Ronald France]].''
 The production was also produced at  the Prithvi Festival in Bombay in the same year.

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	First performed by the [[Upstairs Theatre Company]], Durban, circa 1986, directed by [[Saira Essa]], starring [[Charles Pillai]], [[Kerneels Coertzen]], [[Peter Holden]], [[Willem Pretorius]], [[Chris Steyn]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Ralph Draper]], [[Ronald France]].		First performed by the [[Upstairs Theatre Company]], Durban, circa 1986, directed by [[Saira Essa]], starring [[Charles Pillai]], [[Kerneels Coertzen]], [[Peter Holden]], [[Willem Pretorius]], [[Chris Steyn]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Ralph Draper]], [[Ronald France]].
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Presented by The Upstairs Theatre Company circa 1986 directed by [[Saira Essa]] starring [[Charles Pillai]], [[Kerneels Coertzen]], [[Peter Holden]], [[Willem Pretorius]], [[Chris Steyn]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Ralph Draper]], [[Ronald France]].
+Presented by The Upstairs Theatre Company, Durban, circa 1986, directed by [[Saira Essa]], starring [[Charles Pillai]], [[Kerneels Coertzen]], [[Peter Holden]], [[Willem Pretorius]], [[Chris Steyn]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Ralph Draper]], [[Ronald France]].
 == Sources ==