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''[[All That's Left: Four Playscripts]]'' is a collection of plays by [[Gibson Mtutuzeli Kente]], edited by [[Robert Mshengu Kavanagh]]. | ''[[All That's Left: Four Playscripts]]'' is a collection of plays by [[Gibson Mtutuzeli Kente]], edited by [[Robert Mshengu Kavanagh]]. | ||
| + | Also referred to as ''[[All That Is Left: Four Playscripts]]'' in some cases. | ||
==The collection== | ==The collection== | ||
| − | The collection is made up of four surviving scripts from the more than 60 productions Kente had written, set in the tumultuous years leading up to the 1976 Soweto Uprising. | + | The collection is made up of four surviving scripts from the more than 60 productions Kente had written, set in the tumultuous years leading up to the 1976 Soweto Uprising. |
| − | Sikalo: The only play in the volume based on Kente's authentic original script.Lifa: Put together from memory by the actors after Kente's passing.How Long: A reconstructed script recalled by his theatre troupe.Too Late: A reconstructed script | + | Published in 2021 by [[Mshengu Publications]], as Volume 4 in their the ''Selected Plays'' series, the collection contains the following texts: |
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| + | ''[[Sikalo]]'': The only play in the volume based on Kente's authentic original script. | ||
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| + | ''[[Lifa]]'': Put together from memory by the actors after Kente's passing. | ||
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| + | ''[[How Long]]'': A reconstructed script recalled by his theatre troupe. | ||
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| + | ''[[Too Late]]'': A reconstructed script. | ||
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| + | The book also contains detailed introductions and rare, surviving photographs of the original stage scenes. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:18, 15 June 2026
All That's Left: Four Playscripts is a collection of plays by Gibson Mtutuzeli Kente, edited by Robert Mshengu Kavanagh.
Also referred to as All That Is Left: Four Playscripts in some cases.
The collection
The collection is made up of four surviving scripts from the more than 60 productions Kente had written, set in the tumultuous years leading up to the 1976 Soweto Uprising.
Published in 2021 by Mshengu Publications, as Volume 4 in their the Selected Plays series, the collection contains the following texts:
Sikalo: The only play in the volume based on Kente's authentic original script.
Lifa: Put together from memory by the actors after Kente's passing.
How Long: A reconstructed script recalled by his theatre troupe.
Too Late: A reconstructed script.
The book also contains detailed introductions and rare, surviving photographs of the original stage scenes.
Sources
https://www.amazon.com/All-Thats-Left-Four-Playscripts/dp/1791638007
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