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 : '' [[Survival]]''
-Other productions (dates unknown) include: , ''[[ZZZIP]]'', ''[[Smallboy]]''
+Other productions (dates unknown) include: ''[[ZZZIP]]'', ''[[Smallboy]]''
 ==Sources==

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 == Their productions ==
-: ''[[UHlanga – The Reed ]]''
+: ''[[Crossroads]]''
 : '' [[Survival]]''
-Other productions (dates unknown) include: ''[[Crossroads]]'', ''[[ZZZIP]]'', ''[[Smallboy]]''
+Other productions (dates unknown) include: , ''[[ZZZIP]]'', ''[[Smallboy]]''
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 == The company ==
 The company was originally founded in 1971 by Witwatersrand University lecturer [[Robert Kavanagh]] (also known as [[Robert Mshengu Kavanagh]], [[Robert McLaren]] or [[Mshengu]]) to serve as a training workshop in improvised theatre-making, but gradually it evolved into a professional company.
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 == Their productions ==
+Other productions (dates unknown) include: ''[[Crossroads]]'', ''[[ZZZIP]]'', ''[[Smallboy]]''
 ==Sources==

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 The company's aim was to undertake experimental political theatre aimed at changing South African society.  Among their more significant productions were ''[[UHlanga – The Reed ]]'' (1975) by [[James Mthoba]],  '' [[Survival]]'' (1976), their last show before they took it to the USA and remained in exile.
-The history of the company is documented in Kavanagh’s doctoral thesis, published as  ''Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa''.
+The history of the company is documented in Kavanagh’s doctoral thesis, published as  ''Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa'' (1985).
 == Their productions ==

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	Also referred to simply as '''[[Workshop '71]]'''.		Also referred to simply as '''[[Workshop '71]]'''.

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 ==Sources==
-Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu. 1978. Tradition and innovation in the theatre of Workshop ’71. ''Theatre Quarterly'', 7(28):63-67.
+[[Robert Mshengu Kavanagh|Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu]]. 1978. Tradition and innovation in the theatre of Workshop ’71. ''Theatre Quarterly'', 7(28):63-67.
-Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu (ed.). 1981. ''South African People's Plays''. London: Heinemann.
+[[Robert Mshengu Kavanagh|Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu]]. (ed.). 1981. ''South African People's Plays''. London: Heinemann.
-Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu. 1985. ''Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa''. London: Zed Books.
+[[Robert Mshengu Kavanagh|Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu]]. 1985. ''Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa''. London: Zed Books.

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		+	Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu. 1978. Tradition and innovation in the theatre of Workshop ’71. ''Theatre Quarterly'', 7(28):63-67.
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		+	Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu (ed.). 1981. ''South African People's Plays''. London: Heinemann.
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		+	Kavanagh, Robert Mshengu. 1985. ''Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa''. London: Zed Books.

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 Also referred to simply as '''[[Workshop '71]]'''.
 The company was originally founded in 1971 by Witwatersrand University lecturer [[Robert Kavanagh]] (also known as [[Robert Mshengu Kavanagh]], [[Robert McLaren]] or [[Mshengu]]) to serve as a training workshop in improvised theatre-making, but gradually it evolved into a professional company.
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 The history of the company is documented in Kavanagh’s doctoral thesis, published as  ''Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa''.
-== Sources ==
+== Their productions ==
-See [[Workshop theatre]]
+Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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 [[Theatre Workshop '71]] was a training workshop, that gradually it evolved into a professional company.
-Also referred to simply as '''[[Workshop '71]]''' '''[[Workshop ’71]]''', [[Theatre Workshop ’71]]
+Also referred to simply as '''[[Workshop '71]]'''.
-was founded in 1971 by Witwatersrand University lecturer [[Robert Kavanagh]] (also known as [[Robert Mshengu Kavanagh]], [[Robert McLaren]] or [[Mshengu]]) as a training workshop and gradually it evolved into a professional company. They sought to undertake experimental political theatre aimed at changing South African society.  Among their more significant productions were ''[[UHlanga – The Reed ]]'' (1975) by [[James Mthoba]],  '' [[Survival]]'' (1976), their last show before they took it to the USA and remained in exile.
+The company's aim was to undertake experimental political theatre aimed at changing South African society.  Among their more significant productions were ''[[UHlanga – The Reed ]]'' (1975) by [[James Mthoba]],  '' [[Survival]]'' (1976), their last show before they took it to the USA and remained in exile.
 The history of the company is documented in Kavanagh’s doctoral thesis, published as  ''[[Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa]]''.