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by [[Can Themba]] and [[Christopher Weare]], adapted by [[Barney Simon]], [[Mothobi Mutloatse]] and cast. A play about a man and his relationship with his wife.  A workshopped version of the Can Themba short story. First performed at the [[Market Theatre]] and [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1994 with [[Sello Maake ka Ncube|Sello Maake kaNcube]], [[Stella Khumalo]], [[Job Kubatsi]] and [[Alistair Dube]]. Stage manager [[Adam Steyn]], Set designer [[Sarah Roberts]], Lighting by [[Richard Barnes]] and sound by [[Dean Pitman]]. The story published in [[E.Patel]] (ed) ''[[The World of Can Themba]]'' (Ravan, 1986). The playtext unpublished.   
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play based om a short story by [[Can Themba]], adapted by [[Barney Simon]] and [[Mothobi Mutloatse]], workshopped with the cast of the first production (1994). Story published in [[E.Patel]] (ed) ''[[The World of Can Themba]]'' (Ravan, 1986).
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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First performed at the [[Market Theatre]] and [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1994 with [[Sello Maake ka Ncube]], [[Stella Khumalo]], [[Job Kubatsi]] and [[Alistair Dube]]. Stage manager [[Adam Steyn]], set designer [[Sarah Roberts]], lighting by [[Richard Barnes]] and sound by [[Dean Pitman]].
  
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== Subject ==
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The story is set in Sophiatown, just west of Johannesburg. A doting, newly-married husband returns unexpectedly one morning to find another man in bed with his wife. The man leaps out of a window, but he leaves his suit behind, The husband punishes his wife by making her treat the suit as an honoured guest in their home and in public.
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Revision as of 13:56, 15 March 2014

play based om a short story by Can Themba, adapted by Barney Simon and Mothobi Mutloatse, workshopped with the cast of the first production (1994). Story published in E.Patel (ed) The World of Can Themba (Ravan, 1986).

Performance history in South Africa

First performed at the Market Theatre and Grahamstown Festival in 1994 with Sello Maake ka Ncube, Stella Khumalo, Job Kubatsi and Alistair Dube. Stage manager Adam Steyn, set designer Sarah Roberts, lighting by Richard Barnes and sound by Dean Pitman.

Subject

The story is set in Sophiatown, just west of Johannesburg. A doting, newly-married husband returns unexpectedly one morning to find another man in bed with his wife. The man leaps out of a window, but he leaves his suit behind, The husband punishes his wife by making her treat the suit as an honoured guest in their home and in public.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to ESAT Templates

Return to S in Plays I Original SA Plays

Return to S in Plays IV: Festivals and Pageants

Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page