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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
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In this play, two performers play a multitude of roles standing in an interminable queue at the polling booth. A mix of high comedy and real tragedy gives the play a ''[[Woza Albert!]]'' feeling and offers a thought-provoking, feel-good theatrical experience.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
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''[[The Citizen]]'', 25 February 2002.
 
''[[The Citizen]]'', 25 February 2002.
  

Latest revision as of 19:16, 29 November 2024

A two-hander play by Percy Mtwa.

The original text

In this play, two performers play a multitude of roles standing in an interminable queue at the polling booth. A mix of high comedy and real tragedy gives the play a Woza Albert! feeling and offers a thought-provoking, feel-good theatrical experience.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Staged in the Market Theatre in February 2002, directed by Percy Mtwa, with Peter Mashigo (Maake) and Lebohang Elephant (Kotsi).

Sources

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

The Citizen, 25 February 2002.

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