Difference between revisions of "Mooi Street Moves"
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1992: First produced at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]] as a one-act play in 1992. In 1993 a second, two act version was developed with the actors [[Martin le Maitre]] and [[Seputla Sebogodi]] for the [[Market Theatre]]. This version was published in Slabolepszy: ''[[Mooi Street and Other Moves]]'' ([[Witwatersrand University Press]]), 1994. Also published in ''[[Drama for a New South Africa]]'' by [[Indiana University Press]]. | + | 1992: First produced at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]] as a one-act play in 1992. |
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| + | 1993: In 1993 a second, two act version was developed with the actors [[Martin le Maitre]] and [[Seputla Sebogodi]] for the [[Market Theatre]]. This version was published in Slabolepszy: ''[[Mooi Street and Other Moves]]'' ([[Witwatersrand University Press]]), 1994. Also published in ''[[Drama for a New South Africa]]'' by [[Indiana University Press]]. | ||
1993: A [[Market Theatre]] and Foot/Paul production of ''Mooi Street Moves'' was staged in the [[Laager]] Theatre, 27 January - 27 February 1993, directed by the author, assisted by [[Lara Foot]]. | 1993: A [[Market Theatre]] and Foot/Paul production of ''Mooi Street Moves'' was staged in the [[Laager]] Theatre, 27 January - 27 February 1993, directed by the author, assisted by [[Lara Foot]]. | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue. | ||
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| + | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 10:06, 16 February 2019
Mooi Street Moves is a play by Paul Slabolepszy (1992). A satirical play in which savvy urban black shepherds hapless white men lost in the new urban environment of post-apartheid South Africa**??
Staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1994.
The play won several awards, e.g. the Paper Boat Award for Best Production (Mayfest, Scotland, 1994).
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Performance history in South Africa
1992: First produced at the Grahamstown Festival as a one-act play in 1992.
1993: In 1993 a second, two act version was developed with the actors Martin le Maitre and Seputla Sebogodi for the Market Theatre. This version was published in Slabolepszy: Mooi Street and Other Moves (Witwatersrand University Press), 1994. Also published in Drama for a New South Africa by Indiana University Press.
1993: A Market Theatre and Foot/Paul production of Mooi Street Moves was staged in the Laager Theatre, 27 January - 27 February 1993, directed by the author, assisted by Lara Foot.
2002: Staged, in an updated version, at the Grahamstown Festival in 2002, directed by Mncedisi Shabangu, with Antony Coleman (Henry) and Peter Mashigo (Stix). In November/December 2002 the same production ( presented by the Collective Theatre Company) was staged in the Laager at the Market Theatre.
Sources
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Tucker, 1997.
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