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==The original text==
 
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The play was created with the participation of [[Joseph Shabalala]] and [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], the Steppenwolf Theater Company using the group’s singing and acting abilities and opened on Broadway in New York in the spring of 1992. The play was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Music for a Play. Performers [[Joseph Shabalala]] and [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]] were received the prestigious Drama Desk Award for Best Original Score.
"Those who witnessed Steppenwolf's extraordinary 1992 presentation of "The Song of Jacob Zulu" can testify to the amazing theatrical impact of [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], the 11-man a cappella group whose haunting, piercing harmonies punctuated and underlined the emotions of that tragedy of apartheid." (Richard Christiansen, Tribune Chief Critic. `NOMATHEMBA' RAISES HOPES, AND FULFILLS THEM,
 
CHICAGO TRIBUNE 10 April 1995.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-04-10-9504100157-story.html])
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:00, 21 February 2021

The Song of Jacob Zulu is a play created and performed by Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.

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The original text

The play was created with the participation of Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Steppenwolf Theater Company using the group’s singing and acting abilities and opened on Broadway in New York in the spring of 1992. The play was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Music for a Play. Performers Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo were received the prestigious Drama Desk Award for Best Original Score.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Richard Christiansen, Tribune Chief Critic. `NOMATHEMBA' RAISES HOPES, AND FULFILLS THEM, CHICAGO TRIBUNE 10 April 1995.[1]


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