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Revision as of 06:46, 19 May 2021
At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories is a book of short stories and stage adaptation of the same name by Ronnie Govender (1935-2021)
Contents
The original text
A collection of Govender's writings, stories that offers a series of narratives of life in Cato Manor from the 1940s until its destruction in 1958/9, and in the process raises larger questions about South African Indian identities—questions of alienation, exclusion, exoticism, and belonging. It contains the play At the Edge,
First published by Marx Publishers in 1996.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted as a one-woman show under this title, the stories were performed by actress Jailoshini Naidoo in ,
Performance history in South Africa
2010: The as part of the fourth edition of the Shared History - The Indian Experience Festival, presented by Teamwork Productions in association with The High Commission of India, the play was performed by Jailoshini Naidoo, directed by Sharupa Dutta, with music by Siva Devar. It was presented at Playhouse Theatre, Durban from 8 September to 12 September (as part of the Celebrating Durban Festival), at The Market Theatre, Johannesburg, as part of the Joburg Arts Alive International Festival from 16 to 26 September.
Sources
https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Other-Cato-Manor-Stories/dp/191969014X
https://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=25407
Rajendra Chetty. At the Edge. The Writings of Ronnie Govender New York: Peter Lang[]
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