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		+	https://mg.co.za/article/2016-08-01-land-and-patriarchy-take-centre-stage-in-kani-and-mdas-recent-collaborative-play/

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	The text published in 1993 by as ''[[The Dying Screams of the Moon]]''.		The text published in 1993 by as ''[[The Dying Screams of the Moon]]''.
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		+	In 2016 it was finally performed professionally, now billed as a collaborative work between Mda and director [[John Kani]].

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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 A play about land and identity in modern South Africa, the play is about two women, one a former exile and freedom fighter and the other an [[Afrikaner]] veteran of the [[SADF]] (the apartheid-era army), who meet at a church in the Free State and discover that despite their differences, they share the same scars of war and the same desires to return to the simple pleasures of their youth.
-Originally created with the working title of '''''[[The Return]]''''', the play was to have been performed at the [[Market Theatre]] during August/September 1994. However, though performing rights had been awarded by [[DALRO]], production was cancelled but due to a shortage of funds.
+Originally written in 1992 while Mda was a research fellow at Yale University,  it was to have been performed at the [[Market Theatre]] during August/September 1994, using the working title of '''''[[The Return]]'''''. However, though performing rights had been awarded by [[DALRO]], the production was cancelled but due to a shortage of funds.
-The text published in 1993 by as ''[[The Dying Screams of the Moon]]''
+The text published in 1993 by as ''[[The Dying Screams of the Moon]]''.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-First performed as ''[[The Dying Screams of the Moon]]'' by the [[North-West Arts Council]] at Mmabatho, directed by [[Siphiwe Khumalo]].
+First performed as an amateur drama festival by the [[North-West Arts Council]] at Mmabatho, directed by [[Siphiwe Khumalo]].
 : Performed as ''[[The Dying Screams of the Moon]]'' at the [[Mannie Manim Theatre]], [[Market Theatre Complex]] in August, directed by [[John Kani]] with [[Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni]], [[Ezbie Sebatsa Moilwa]] and [[Tinarie van Wyk Loots]]. Designs by [[Nomvula Molepo]] (lighting), [[Karabo Legoabe]] (set) and [[Nthabiseng Makone]] (costumes). It is performed by  Newtown, Johannesburg, until August

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 Playscript held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2007. 10. 9. 92. 2. AND [Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 2003. 90. 560.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 https://robynsassenmyview.com/2016/08/19/girltalk-for-combatants/

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 ==The original text==
-Set in a rural church on a farm, it is a play about the intense meeting of two people - a black woman who is returning home to this farm, this church, which represent a very fond yet compromised piece of her history, and a white woman, who displays an aggressive sense of ownership in this context.
+A play about land and identity in modern South Africa, the play is about two women, one a former exile and freedom fighter and the other an [[Afrikaner]] veteran of the [[SADF]] (the apartheid-era army), who meet at a church in the Free State and discover that despite their differences, they share the same scars of war and the same desires to return to the simple pleasures of their youth.
 Originally created with the working title of '''''[[The Return]]''''', the play was to have been performed at the [[Market Theatre]] during August/September 1994. However, though performing rights had been awarded by [[DALRO]], production was cancelled but due to a shortage of funds.

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	Originally created with the working title of '''''[[The Return]]''''', the play was to have been performed at the [[Market Theatre]] during August/September 1994. However, though performing rights had been awarded by [[DALRO]], production was cancelled but due to a shortage of funds.		Originally created with the working title of '''''[[The Return]]''''', the play was to have been performed at the [[Market Theatre]] during August/September 1994. However, though performing rights had been awarded by [[DALRO]], production was cancelled but due to a shortage of funds.
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		+	The text published in 1993 by as ''[[The Dying Screams of the Moon]]''

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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	==The original text==		==The original text==
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		+	Set in a rural church on a farm, it is a play about the intense meeting of two people - a black woman who is returning home to this farm, this church, which represent a very fond yet compromised piece of her history, and a white woman, who displays an aggressive sense of ownership in this context.

	Originally created with the working title of '''''[[The Return]]''''', the play was to have been performed at the [[Market Theatre]] during August/September 1994. However, though performing rights had been awarded by [[DALRO]], production was cancelled but due to a shortage of funds.		Originally created with the working title of '''''[[The Return]]''''', the play was to have been performed at the [[Market Theatre]] during August/September 1994. However, though performing rights had been awarded by [[DALRO]], production was cancelled but due to a shortage of funds.

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 First performed as ''[[The Dying Screams of the Moon]]'' by the [[North-West Arts Council]] at Mmabatho, directed by [[Siphiwe Khumalo]].
-: Performed as ''[[The Dying Screams of the Moon]]'' at the [[Mannie Manim Theatre]], [[Market Theatre Complex]] in August, directed by John Kani with [[Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni]], [[Ezbie Sebatsa Moilwa]] and [[Tinarie van Wyk Loots]]. Designs by [[Nomvula Molepo]] (lighting), [[Karabo Legoabe]] (set) and [[Nthabiseng Makone]] (costumes). It is performed by  Newtown, Johannesburg, until August
+: Performed as ''[[The Dying Screams of the Moon]]'' at the [[Mannie Manim Theatre]], [[Market Theatre Complex]] in August, directed by [[John Kani]] with [[Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni]], [[Ezbie Sebatsa Moilwa]] and [[Tinarie van Wyk Loots]]. Designs by [[Nomvula Molepo]] (lighting), [[Karabo Legoabe]] (set) and [[Nthabiseng Makone]] (costumes). It is performed by  Newtown, Johannesburg, until August
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