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=== Career ===
 
=== Career ===
 
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He wrote many plays in the period from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. He considered himself to be a political playwright.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
The [[Dhlomo Theatre]] opened 21 March 1983 with his play  ''[[Night of the Long Wake]]''. [[Benjy Francis]] (dir). Takes place 16 June, 1976 but is about the actions & reactions of  a group of people. [[Owen Sejake]], [[Mavuso Tshabalala]], [[Nandi Nyembe]], [[Dambisa Kente]], [[Fats Bookholane]], [[Aubrey Sekese]].
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The [[Dhlomo Theatre]] opened 21 March 1983 with his play  ''[[Night of the Long Wake]]''. He also wrote the plays ''[[Dying of the Light]]'', ''[[Easter Weekend 1960]]'', ''[[Dutchman]]'' and ''[[Grey Corner]]''.
 
 
He also wrote the plays ''[[Dying of the Light]]'', ''[[Easter Weekend 1960]]'', ''[[Dutchman]]'' and ''[[Grey Corner]]''.
 
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Maa-Mal|Magalasi]] 1999.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Maa-Mal|Magalasi]] 1999.
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[[NELM]] catalogue.
  
  

Revision as of 19:05, 4 February 2017

Dukuza ka Macu (19**-). Playwright.

Biography

Youth

Training

Career

He wrote many plays in the period from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. He considered himself to be a political playwright.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

The Dhlomo Theatre opened 21 March 1983 with his play Night of the Long Wake. He also wrote the plays Dying of the Light, Easter Weekend 1960, Dutchman and Grey Corner.

Awards, etc

Sources

Magalasi 1999.

NELM catalogue.


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