| − | (“Kanna’s Coming Home”) by [[Adam Small]]. A heavy-hearted, but superb Afrikaans verse play about the issues of voluntary exile and the trials and tribulations of a “coloured” family in District Six in Cape Town. Possibly a reworking of an earlier play, Gone/Going Canada*?. An extract of the Afrikaans text, without a title and with "Kanna" named still "Hannie", was published in [[Contrast]] (March 1965). The full text under the new name first published by [[Tafelberg Uitgewers]] in 1965. Initially called an unperformable text by critics such as [[W.E.G. Louw]] and [[Abel Coetzee]], it proved to be a moving theatrical work in production. First performed by the students of [[DRAMSOC]] 1971??**, under Small's own direction, then professionally in the [[Little Theatre]]?* housed in the [[Old Presidency]] by [[PACOFS]] (Bloemfontein) from 3-12 August 1971, directed by [[Johan Botha]] and featuring [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]] as "Makiet", [[Jan Prinsloo]] as Kanna, [[Trudie Taljaard]] as "Kietie" and [[Henk Hugo]]. The first Cape performance followed by the newly founded [[Cape Flats Players]] in 1974, [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] directed by [[Ria Olivier]] in 1975, by [[PACT]] in 1976, a second [[PACOFS]] production directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] in 1976 with [[Marthinus Basson]], [[Alison Marquard]], [[Babs Laker]]; by the [[Eersterus Performing Arts Council]] (in association with [[PACT]]) in 1981. It was often done by the [[Cape Flats Players]] over the years, inter alia **, in 1999 at [[Aardklop]] and [[KKNK]] to celebrate their first 25 years (they now called the [[Cape Flats-Spelers]] in Afrikaans), directed by [[Peter Braaf]], with [[Ivan Sylvester]], [[Lloyd Davids]], [[Janine Louw]], [[Marc Morilly]], [[Bertram Adams]], [[Paul Cookson]], [[Sandra Braaf]] and [[Brenda Sylvester]]. It was also done by the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Royston Stoffels]] (2003-4), design by [[Patrick Curtis]] and featuring [[Ivan Abrahams]], [[Peter Butler]], **. Reprinted often and produced numerous times since, by Universities, professionals and amateurs. Translated into English as ''[[Kanna – He is Coming Home]]'' by [[Carol Lasker]] and [[Adam Small]], performed in the USA and published by [[Garland]] in 1990. Published by [[Tafelberg]].
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| − | When the play opened at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 22 November 1974, directed by [[Pieter Fourie]], the playwright, specially invited, refused to attend as no other coloured people could attend.
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