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'''''Cargo: Precious''''' is a play by [[Sylvaine Strike]].
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''[[Cargo: Precious]]'' is a play by [[Sylvaine Strike]].
  
 
== Subject ==
 
== Subject ==
An exploration of the time Saartjie Baartman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saartjie_Baartman] ("The Hottentot Venus") spent, transported as cargo, on a sailing ship from South Africa to Europe in the early 1800s.
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An exploration of the time [[Saartjie Baartman]] (the "[[Hottentot Venus]]") [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saartjie_Baartman] spent, transported as cargo, on a sailing ship from South Africa to Europe in the early 1800s.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
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2014: Staged by [[Dance Forum]], in collaboration with the [[Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative]] and the [[Fortune Cookie Theatre Company]] at the [[Grahamstown Festival]], directed by [[Sylvaine Strike]], with performers [[Daniel Buckland]] and [[William Harding]] and dancers [[Fana Tshabalala]], [[Nosiphiwo Samente]], [[Thami Majela]], [[Irven Teme]], [[Charlston van Rooyen]] and [[Thulani Chauke]]. Music by [[Concord Nkabinde]] and choreography by [[P.J. Sabbagha]]. Set and costume design by [[Sasha Ehlers]]. The same production was staged in the [[Market Theatre]] after the festival.
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
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[[Fortune Cookie Theatre Company]] website [http://www.fortunecookietheatrecompany.com/prod_cargo.html]
 
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 15:09, 17 November 2023

Cargo: Precious is a play by Sylvaine Strike.

Subject

An exploration of the time Saartjie Baartman (the "Hottentot Venus") [1] spent, transported as cargo, on a sailing ship from South Africa to Europe in the early 1800s.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2014: Staged by Dance Forum, in collaboration with the Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative and the Fortune Cookie Theatre Company at the Grahamstown Festival, directed by Sylvaine Strike, with performers Daniel Buckland and William Harding and dancers Fana Tshabalala, Nosiphiwo Samente, Thami Majela, Irven Teme, Charlston van Rooyen and Thulani Chauke. Music by Concord Nkabinde and choreography by P.J. Sabbagha. Set and costume design by Sasha Ehlers. The same production was staged in the Market Theatre after the festival.

Sources

Fortune Cookie Theatre Company website [2]

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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