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''Friday's Bread on Monday'' is a collage of serious sketches on life in New Brighton Township (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) created circa 1970 by the [[Serpent Players]]. Although it deals with deprivation it is not a cry for sympathy. It is built mainly on mime.
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''Friday's Bread on Monday'' is a collage of serious sketches on life in New Brighton Township (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) created 1967 by the [[Serpent Players]]. Although it deals with deprivation it is not a cry for sympathy. It is built mainly on mime.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
''[[S'ketsh']]'', July 1972, 17.
 
''[[S'ketsh']]'', July 1972, 17.
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[[Zakes Mda]]'s Introduction to [[John Kani]]'s ''Nothing But the Truth''. 2002. Witwatersrand University Press.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 16:59, 21 January 2024

Friday's Bread on Monday is a collage of serious sketches on life in New Brighton Township (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) created 1967 by the Serpent Players. Although it deals with deprivation it is not a cry for sympathy. It is built mainly on mime.

Performance history in South Africa

Presented on tour by the Serpent Players in a double bill with The Cure, directed by John Kani, 1970.

Sources

S'ketsh', July 1972, 17.

Zakes Mda's Introduction to John Kani's Nothing But the Truth. 2002. Witwatersrand University Press.

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