Difference between revisions of "At the Edge"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Tag: New redirect
(Replaced content with "#REDIRECT At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories")
Tag: Replaced
 
Line 1: Line 1:
 
#REDIRECT [[At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories]]
 
#REDIRECT [[At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories]]
''[[At the Edge]]'' is a play by [[Ronnie Govender]] (1935-2021).
 
 
 
== The original text ==
 
 
Dramatized short stories on everyday life in Indian/Zulu/colonial Natal, first performed in 1990.
 
 
Published by [[Marx Publishers]] in the collection ''[[At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories]]'' in 1996.
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
1990: First performed by [[Charles Pillai]]  at the [[Asoka Theatre]], [[University of Durban-Westville]]
 
 
1990: The play was next performed by Pat Pillai, and toured small towns and various venues in Natal and elsewhere, including the [[Cane Grower's Hall]] in March and at the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Studio]], Cape Town, on 25 June
 
 
1991: Went on a national tour and played at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town 15 April and the Standard Bank [[National Arts Festival]], Grahamstown.
 
 
1991: Performed at the [[Edinburgh Festival]]
 
 
1997: Performed at the [[Natal Playhouse]], with music composed by [[Siva Devar]].
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-05-05-a-personal-memoir-of-my-time-with-ronnie-govender/
 
 
''At the Edge'' theatre programme, 1991.
 
 
[[National Arts Festival]] Programme, 1991, 36-37.
 
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
== Return to ==
 
 
Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
 
 
Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
 
 
Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
 
 
Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
 
 
Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
 
 
Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 
 
Return to [[Main Page]]
 
 

Latest revision as of 05:29, 22 May 2021