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''[[Baby, Come Duze]]'' is a musical play by [[Mothobi Mutloatse]] (1952-) and [[Corney Mabaso]] (1934-2009).
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''[[Baby, Come Duze]]'' ("Baby, come closer") is a musical play by [[Mothobi Mutloatse]] (1952-) and [[Corney Mabaso]] (1934-2009).
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
''[[Baby, Come Duze]]'' was a 1959 story by [[Can Themba]]. Written using the "new township language"
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The musical is based on ''[[Baby, Come Duze]]'', a photographic short story, written by [[Can Themba]] (1924-1968) and illustrated by photographer Gopal S. Naransamy. Originally published in ''[[Drum Magazine]]'' in 1959, the story tells of a streetwise snappy dresser who tries trying his luck with an attractive young woman, using the evocative miltilingual patois known as [[Tsotsi taal]] (also referred to as [[fly taal]] or [[isicamto]]), which had become an integral part of urban township life, and notably so of Sophiatown, by the late 1950s.
  
A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in ''Kunapipi'', Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002.
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
Themba's story was adapted as a stage musical adaptation by [[Mothobi Mutloatse]] (1952-) and [[Corney Mabaso]] (1934-2009) of ''[[Baby, Come Duze]]'', a 1959 "story" using the "new township language" by [[Can Themba]]. (A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in ''Kunapipi'', Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002).
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1990: Performed at [[The Warehouse]],  at the [[Market Theatre]], Johannesburg and at [[Funda Centre]], directed by [[Connie Mabaso]]. Cast : [[Patrick Shai]], [[Mara Louw]], [[Owen Sejake]], [[Ramolao Makhene]], [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Louis Seboko]], [[Steve Mofokeng]], [[George Lamola]], [[Lerato Louw]], [[Stella Khumalo]]. The band comprised members of the band [[Bayethe]], who called themselves the Mbombela Blues Band, with invited guest musician [[Joanette Tsagane]], a saxophonist.
  
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
  
Themba's story was adapted as a stage musical production by [[Mothobi Mutloatse]] (1952-) and [[Corney Mabaso]] (1934-2009) of ''[[Baby, Come Duze]]'' in 1990.
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[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
  
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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[[Can Themba]] and [[Gopal S. Naransamy]]. 2002. ''[[Baby, Come Duze]]''.  ''Kunapipi'', Volume 24 Issue 1. [https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol24/iss1/9].
  
1990: Performed at [[The Warehouse]], Johannesburg by [[Bayete]], [[Mara Louw]] and [[Patrick Shai].  
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https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-10-18-drum-the-original-beat-of-sophiatowns-heart-60-years-later/
  
 
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[[Andile Xaba]]. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.
== Sources ==
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 15:03, 6 May 2024

Baby, Come Duze ("Baby, come closer") is a musical play by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009).

The original text

The musical is based on Baby, Come Duze, a photographic short story, written by Can Themba (1924-1968) and illustrated by photographer Gopal S. Naransamy. Originally published in Drum Magazine in 1959, the story tells of a streetwise snappy dresser who tries trying his luck with an attractive young woman, using the evocative miltilingual patois known as Tsotsi taal (also referred to as fly taal or isicamto), which had become an integral part of urban township life, and notably so of Sophiatown, by the late 1950s.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1990: Performed at The Warehouse, at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg and at Funda Centre, directed by Connie Mabaso. Cast : Patrick Shai, Mara Louw, Owen Sejake, Ramolao Makhene, Sibongile Khumalo, Louis Seboko, Steve Mofokeng, George Lamola, Lerato Louw, Stella Khumalo. The band comprised members of the band Bayethe, who called themselves the Mbombela Blues Band, with invited guest musician Joanette Tsagane, a saxophonist.

Sources

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

Can Themba and Gopal S. Naransamy. 2002. Baby, Come Duze. Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1. [1].

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-10-18-drum-the-original-beat-of-sophiatowns-heart-60-years-later/

Andile Xaba. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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