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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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	1986: First performed in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town in 1986, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] (a [[University of Cape Town Drama Department\|UCT Drama Department]] production). Assistant directors [[Mark Fleishman]] and [[Stephen Jennings]], choreography [[Alfred Hinkel]]. Set design by [[Gavin Younge]], lighting design by [[Sydney Jansen]], music created by [[Nigel Maister]]. The cast were [[Poppy Tsira]], [[Dumile Magodla]], [[Gideon de Wet]], [[Owen de Jager]], [[Ann Fielding]], [[Michelle Constant]], [[Mark Fleishman]], [[Nina Shepherd]], [[Itumeleng Wa-Lehure]], [[Pauline O'Kelly]], [[Pamela Matshikwe]].		1986: First performed in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town in 1986, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] (a [[University of Cape Town Drama Department\|UCT Drama Department]] production). Assistant directors [[Mark Fleishman]] and [[Stephen Jennings]], choreography [[Alfred Hinkel]]. Set design by [[Gavin Younge]], lighting design by [[Sydney Jansen]], music created by [[Nigel Maister]]. The cast were [[Poppy Tsira]], [[Dumile Magodla]], [[Gideon de Wet]], [[Owen de Jager]], [[Ann Fielding]], [[Michelle Constant]], [[Mark Fleishman]], [[Nina Shepherd]], [[Itumeleng Wa-Lehure]], [[Pauline O'Kelly]], [[Pamela Matshikwe]].

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 ''[[Thina Bantu - We People]]'' is a wokshopped play by [[Mavis Taylor]] and the [[UCT Workshop]]
-(According to [[Itumeleng Wa Lehure]]’s CV, the text was created by [[Itumeleng Wa-Lehure]], [[Mavis Taylor]] and [[Mark Fleishman]].)
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 The piece was created as a response to the violence present in South African society in the early 1980s. Working on the play it became increasingly clear that the solution necessary are extremely complex yet there is a belief that there is a way forward.

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 == Sources ==
 ''Thina Bantu'' theatre pamphlet, 1986.
 [[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

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−	by [[Mavis Taylor]] and the [[UCT Workshop]]/ by [[Itumeleng Wa-Lehure]], [[Mavis Taylor]] and [[Mark Fleishman]~~] [this according to Wa Lehure’s CV~~]. ~~A workshopped play~~ as a response to the violence present in ~~our~~ society. Working on the play it became increasingly clear that the solution necessary are extremely complex yet there is a belief that there is a way forward.	+	''[[Thina Bantu - We People]]'' is a wokshopped play by [[Mavis Taylor]] and the [[UCT Workshop]]
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		+	(According to [[Itumeleng Wa Lehure]]’s CV, the text was created by [[Itumeleng Wa-Lehure]], [[Mavis Taylor]] and [[Mark Fleishman]].
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		+	It was created as a response to the violence present in South African society in the early 1980s. Working on the play it became increasingly clear that the solution necessary are extremely complex yet there is a belief that there is a way forward.

	Awarded the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards\|Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best New Indigenous Script.		Awarded the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards\|Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best New Indigenous Script.

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 : First performed in the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town in 1986, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] (a [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|UCT Drama Department]] production). Assistant directors [[Mark Fleishman]] and [[Stephen Jennings]], choreography [[Alfred Hinkel]]. Set design by [[Gavin Younge]], lighting design by [[Sydney Jansen]], music created by [[Nigel Maister]]. The cast were [[Poppy Tsira]], [[Dumile Magodla]], [[Gideon de Wet]], [[Owen de Jager]], [[Ann Fielding]], [[Michelle Constant]], [[Mark Fleishman]], [[Nina Shepherd]], [[Itumeleng Wa-Lehure]], [[Pauline O'Kelly]], [[Pamela Matshikwe]].
-: Performed [[Upstairs at the Market]] in January and February, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], starring  [[Nomthetho Sibisi]], [[Dumile Magodla]], [[Itumeleng Wa-Lehulere]], [[Gideon de Wet]], [[Shirley Ellis]], [[Mark Fleishman]], [[Susan Pam]], [[Michelle Constant]], [[Lionel Newton]] and [[Margaretha Fischer]]. [[Patrick Curtis]], lighting designer; [[Gavin Yonge]] set designer.
+: Performed [[Upstairs at the Market]] in January and February, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], starring  [[Nomthetho Sibisi]], [[Dumile Magodla]], [[Itumeleng Wa-Lehulere]], [[Gideon de Wet]], [[Shirley Ellis]], [[Mark Fleishman]], [[Susan Pam]], [[Michelle Constant]], [[Lionel Newton]] and [[Margaretha Fischer]]. [[Patrick Curtis]], lighting designer; [[Gavin Younge]] set designer.
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