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''[[Channel 48]]'' by [[Solomsi Bisholo]].
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''[[Channel 48]]'' is a play by [[Solomsi Bisholo]].
  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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The play is a moving tragic comedy about [[Steve Biko]] and [[Neil Agget]]. In Bisholo’s play the apartheid era state leader, [[BJ Vorster]], is called to account for the “unexplained deaths” of Biko and Aggett.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1988:  Directed by [[Solomsi Bisholo]]. Cast : [[Solomsi Bisholo]].
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1988:  Directed by [[Solomsi Bisholo]]. Cast : [[Solomsi Bisholo]]. Presented at the [[Funda Centre]].
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Revision as of 17:49, 29 January 2024

Channel 48 is a play by Solomsi Bisholo.


The original text

The play is a moving tragic comedy about Steve Biko and Neil Agget. In Bisholo’s play the apartheid era state leader, BJ Vorster, is called to account for the “unexplained deaths” of Biko and Aggett.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1988: Directed by Solomsi Bisholo. Cast : Solomsi Bisholo. Presented at the Funda Centre.

Sources

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

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