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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
The play is a comedy involving three women characters who have a romantic interest in the same man.
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The play is a comedy involving three women characters who have a romantic interest in the same man. The story revolves around the three women, Noverbs the sly loudmouth, Stew the nag and Gudu the woman with principles.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
==Performance history in South Africa==
 
==Performance history in South Africa==
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1987/88: First performed in 1987. In early 1988 Kente donated the proceeds from designated performances of ''[[We Mame!]]'' to schools in Soweto and other townships where the play was touring.21 In this instance, the money was to help alleviate a shortage of furniture and other educational materials in township schools.
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 12:11, 2 February 2024

We Mame! is a play by Gibson Kente (1932-2004).

The original text

The play is a comedy involving three women characters who have a romantic interest in the same man. The story revolves around the three women, Noverbs the sly loudmouth, Stew the nag and Gudu the woman with principles.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1987/88: First performed in 1987. In early 1988 Kente donated the proceeds from designated performances of We Mame! to schools in Soweto and other townships where the play was touring.21 In this instance, the money was to help alleviate a shortage of furniture and other educational materials in township schools.

Sources

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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