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(Gosher, 1988, calls them the '''Bahumatsi Drama Group''', also known as the '''Bahumutsi Theatre Company''')
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The [[Bahumutsi Players]] [[semi-professional]] [[political theatre]] group, active in the 1970s and 1980s.
  
A semi-professional political theatre group founded and managed by [[Maishe Maponya]] in 1975 to perform his work. Produced Maponya's ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'' (19*) , ''[[The Nurse]]'' (1983),  ''[[Gangsters]]'' and ''[[Dirty Work]]'' (1984), *** [[Ian Steadman]] worked with the group when they were invited to England for performances there.  
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==The company==
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(Gosher, 1988, calls them the '''[[Bahumatsi Drama Group]]''', and they are also known as the '''[[Bahumutsi Theatre Group]]''' or '''[[Bahumutsi Theatre Company]]''')
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Originally founded and managed by [[Maishe Maponya]] in 1975 to perform his own work.  
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They performed Maponya's ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'' (19*) , ''[[Umongikazi: The Nurse]]'' (1983),  ''[[Gangsters]]'' and ''[[Dirty Work]]'' (1984), ***  
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[[Ian Steadman]] worked with the group when they were invited to England for performances there.  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
(See Gosher, 1988, Steadman, 198*, *) [TH, JH]
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Gosher, 1988,  
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Steadman, 198*,  
  
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Da-Daz|Davis, Geoffrey V.]] 2003.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Da-Daz|Davis, Geoffrey V.]] 2003.
  
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Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:38, 23 September 2024

The Bahumutsi Players semi-professional political theatre group, active in the 1970s and 1980s.

The company

(Gosher, 1988, calls them the Bahumatsi Drama Group, and they are also known as the Bahumutsi Theatre Group or Bahumutsi Theatre Company)

Originally founded and managed by Maishe Maponya in 1975 to perform his own work.

They performed Maponya's The Hungry Earth (19*) , Umongikazi: The Nurse (1983), Gangsters and Dirty Work (1984), ***

Ian Steadman worked with the group when they were invited to England for performances there.

Sources

Gosher, 1988,

Steadman, 198*,

Davis, Geoffrey V. 2003.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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Return to ESAT Venues W

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