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==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]]''. He also wrote the plays ''[[Dying of the Light]]'', ''[[Easter Weekend 1960]]'', ''[[Dutchman]]'', ''[[Shades of a Conflict]]'' and ''[[Grey Corner]]''.
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His plays include:
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''[[Night of the Long Wake]]'' (1983).  
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''[[Dying of the Light]]''
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''[[Easter Weekend 1960]]''
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''[[Dutchman]]''
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''[[Shades of a Conflict]]''
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''[[Grey Corner]]''.
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''[[Matter of Convenience]]''
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''[[Death of a Rebel Ghost]]'' and ''[[A Dark Grey Corner]]'', which was inspired by Leroy Jones’s The Dutchman.
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 18:28, 27 January 2024

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

His plays include:

Night of the Long Wake (1983).

Dying of the Light

Easter Weekend 1960

Dutchman

Shades of a Conflict

Grey Corner.

Matter of Convenience

Death of a Rebel Ghost and A Dark Grey Corner, which was inspired by Leroy Jones’s The Dutchman.

Awards, etc

Sources

Magalasi 1999.

NELM catalogue.

Xaba, Andile. 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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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