Too Late - Revision history

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	Excerpts published in ''[[S'ketsh']]'' (1975) and the play was published in ''[[South African People’s Plays]]'' (Ed. [[Robert Kavanagh]]), 1981 (Heinemann). ''[[Too Late]]'' was banned in 1975. Township authorities used legislation of the Publications Control Board, under Section 12 of Act 26 of 1963, to ban the play for its protest against apartheid and for violating the state’s moral code on homosexuality.		Excerpts published in ''[[S'ketsh']]'' (1975) and the play was published in ''[[South African People’s Plays]]'' (Ed. [[Robert Kavanagh]]), 1981 (Heinemann). ''[[Too Late]]'' was banned in 1975. Township authorities used legislation of the Publications Control Board, under Section 12 of Act 26 of 1963, to ban the play for its protest against apartheid and for violating the state’s moral code on homosexuality.
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		+	Published in 2021 in ''[[All That Is Left: Four Playscripts]]'' ([[Mshengu Publications]]’ Selected Plays series).

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 At first banned and then unbanned, it was Kente’s only published play, and one of only three that he wrote dealing directly with political themes. A melodramatic musical play with political undertones in the township style, on the death of Ntanana, a crippled girl through brutal police action and apartheid bureaucracy.
-Excerpts published in ''[[S'ketsh']]'' (1975) and the play was published in ''[[South African People’s Plays]]'' (Ed. [[Robert Kavanagh]]), 1981 (Heinemann). ''[[Too Late]]'' was banned in 1975.
+Excerpts published in ''[[S'ketsh']]'' (1975) and the play was published in ''[[South African People’s Plays]]'' (Ed. [[Robert Kavanagh]]), 1981 (Heinemann). ''[[Too Late]]'' was banned in 1975. Township authorities used legislation of the Publications Control Board, under Section 12 of Act 26 of 1963, to ban the play for its protest against apartheid and for violating the state’s moral code on homosexuality.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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	'Gibson Kente's TOO LATE - promo Joburg Theatre streaming'. ''[[Facebook]]''. 3 June 2020.		'Gibson Kente's TOO LATE - promo Joburg Theatre streaming'. ''[[Facebook]]''. 3 June 2020.
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		+	[[Andile Xaba]]. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.

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 At first banned and then unbanned, it was Kente’s only published play, and one of only three that he wrote dealing directly with political themes. A melodramatic musical play with political undertones in the township style, on the death of Ntanana, a crippled girl through brutal police action and apartheid bureaucracy.
-Excerpts published in ''[[S'ketsh']]'' (1975) and the play was published in ''[[South African People’s Plays]]'' (Ed. [[Robert Kavanagh]]), 1981 (Heinemann).
+Excerpts published in ''[[S'ketsh']]'' (1975) and the play was published in ''[[South African People’s Plays]]'' (Ed. [[Robert Kavanagh]]), 1981 (Heinemann). ''[[Too Late]]'' was banned in 1975.
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 : First performed in [[Mofolo Hall]], Soweto, (February) directed by [[Gibson Kente]], with the following cast: [[Stompie Mazwi]] (Saduva), [[Thandi Baduze]] (Ntanana), [[Nonkululeko Rabi]] (Madinto), [[Darlington Michaels]] (Doctor Phuza), [[Ronnie Mokoena]] (Offside), [[Mackintosh Bricks]] (Pelepele).
-: Presented by the [[National School of the Arts]] ([[NSA]]), directed by [[Makhaola Ndebele]], musical direction by [[Themba Maseko]] and [[Nhlanhla Ngwenya]], sets and costumes by [[Sarah Roberts]], lighting by [[Stan Knight]].
+: Presented by the [[National School of the Arts]] ([[NSA]]) at the [[Joburg Theatre]], directed by [[Makhaola Ndebele]], musical direction by [[Themba Maseko]] and [[Nhlanhla Ngwenya]], sets and costumes by [[Sarah Roberts]], lighting by [[Stan Knight]].
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	''[[South African People’s Plays]]'' (Ed. [[Robert Kavanagh]]), 1981 (Heinemann).		''[[South African People’s Plays]]'' (Ed. [[Robert Kavanagh]]), 1981 (Heinemann).
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		+	'Gibson Kente's TOO LATE - promo Joburg Theatre streaming'. ''[[Facebook]]''. 3 June 2020.

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	1975: First performed in [[Mofolo Hall]], Soweto, (February) directed by [[Gibson Kente]], with the following cast: [[Stompie Mazwi]] (Saduva), [[Thandi Baduze]] (Ntanana), [[Nonkululeko Rabi]] (Madinto), [[Darlington Michaels]] (Doctor Phuza), [[Ronnie Mokoena]] (Offside), [[Mackintosh Bricks]] (Pelepele).		1975: First performed in [[Mofolo Hall]], Soweto, (February) directed by [[Gibson Kente]], with the following cast: [[Stompie Mazwi]] (Saduva), [[Thandi Baduze]] (Ntanana), [[Nonkululeko Rabi]] (Madinto), [[Darlington Michaels]] (Doctor Phuza), [[Ronnie Mokoena]] (Offside), [[Mackintosh Bricks]] (Pelepele).
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		+	2019: Presented by the [[National School of the Arts]] ([[NSA]]), directed by [[Makhaola Ndebele]], musical direction by [[Themba Maseko]] and [[Nhlanhla Ngwenya]], sets and costumes by [[Sarah Roberts]], lighting by [[Stan Knight]].

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−	''[[Too Late]]'' is a one-act play by [[Gibson Kente]].	+	''[[Too Late]]'' is a one-act play by [[Gibson Kente]] (1932-2004).

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 == Sources ==
 Tribute to [[Gibson Kente]] by [[Melvin Whitebooi]], ''[[Die Burger]]'', 4 December 2004.
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