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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
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The play tells of the quest of April, a stripper from District Six, who sets off to seek out her lover, the Count, who has been abducted by the dreaded Bali Omar, and is part of a slave train somewhere in East Africa. To get there she steals a Tiger Moth biplane and heads north into darkest Africa, where she enlists various allies, frustrating plans for germ warfare and has many other adventures before she triumphs in her mission.
  
 
The performance text is contained in Volume Four of ''[[The Complete Works of Nicholas Ellenbogen and Theatre for Africa]]'' (privately published by [[Theatre for Africa]])
 
The performance text is contained in Volume Four of ''[[The Complete Works of Nicholas Ellenbogen and Theatre for Africa]]'' (privately published by [[Theatre for Africa]])
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1995: Performed at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown and the [[Market Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] with himself, [[Esmael Texeira]], [[Nhlanhla Mavundla]], [[Roger Lucey]] and [[Patrick Mofokeng]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[Theatre for Africa]]. (n.d.) ''The Complete Plays of Nicholas Ellenbogen and Theatre for Africa'' Claremont, Cape Town.  
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[[David le Page]]. 1995. Playful lunacy of Raiders, ''[[Mail and Guardian]]'' 20 Oct 1995[https://mg.co.za/article/1995-10-20-playful-lunacy-of-raiders/?amp]
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[[Theatre for Africa]]. (n.d.) ''[[The Complete Works of Nicholas Ellenbogen and Theatre for Africa]]'' Claremont, Cape Town.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 10:41, 7 October 2022

Raiders of the Lost Count is a play by Nicholas Ellenbogen

The original text

The play tells of the quest of April, a stripper from District Six, who sets off to seek out her lover, the Count, who has been abducted by the dreaded Bali Omar, and is part of a slave train somewhere in East Africa. To get there she steals a Tiger Moth biplane and heads north into darkest Africa, where she enlists various allies, frustrating plans for germ warfare and has many other adventures before she triumphs in her mission.

The performance text is contained in Volume Four of The Complete Works of Nicholas Ellenbogen and Theatre for Africa (privately published by Theatre for Africa)

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1995: Performed at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown and the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, directed by Nicholas Ellenbogen with himself, Esmael Texeira, Nhlanhla Mavundla, Roger Lucey and Patrick Mofokeng.

Sources

David le Page. 1995. Playful lunacy of Raiders, Mail and Guardian 20 Oct 1995[1]

Theatre for Africa. (n.d.) The Complete Works of Nicholas Ellenbogen and Theatre for Africa Claremont, Cape Town.

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