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| − | stage play(s) based on the 1971 novel ''Maru'' by [[Bessie Head]]. Adapted for the stage by [[Wim Vorster]] for a [[ | + | stage play(s) based on the 1971 novel ''Maru'' by [[Bessie Head]]. Adapted for the stage by [[Wim Vorster]] for a [[PACOFS]] production and by [[Walter Chakela]] for a production at the [[Windybrow]] Centre for the Arts, (both in 1994). |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| + | The [[Wim Vorster]] version was staged for [[PACOFS]], directed by [[Gerben Kamper]], with [[Ilse Klink]] as Margaret, [[Maurice Carpede]] as Maru and [[Denise Newman]] as the narrator Bessie Head in May 1994. | ||
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| + | Adapted for the stage by [[Wim Vorster]], it was first produced in 1993 by [[PACOFS]] at ** and featuring [[Nomsa Nene]]. In 2005 an adaptation by [[Ndaba Ngwane]] was produced at the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Joahnnesburg. | ||
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| + | 20 Aug 94 – Citizen {Clipping # 173} | ||
| + | Coetzee, Corne (review): Blindness of racism (Review of Maru, Bessie Head’s novel adapted by Walter Chakela (also director), at the Windybrow Centre for the Arts, with Patrick Shai, Nomsa Nene, Samson Khumelo e.a. – Disappointing dramatization of school setwork. – | ||
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Revision as of 08:44, 23 April 2014
stage play(s) based on the 1971 novel Maru by Bessie Head. Adapted for the stage by Wim Vorster for a PACOFS production and by Walter Chakela for a production at the Windybrow Centre for the Arts, (both in 1994).
Performance history in South Africa
The Wim Vorster version was staged for PACOFS, directed by Gerben Kamper, with Ilse Klink as Margaret, Maurice Carpede as Maru and Denise Newman as the narrator Bessie Head in May 1994.
>>>>>>>edit
Adapted for the stage by Wim Vorster, it was first produced in 1993 by PACOFS at ** and featuring Nomsa Nene. In 2005 an adaptation by Ndaba Ngwane was produced at the Windybrow Theatre, Joahnnesburg.
20 Aug 94 – Citizen {Clipping # 173} Coetzee, Corne (review): Blindness of racism (Review of Maru, Bessie Head’s novel adapted by Walter Chakela (also director), at the Windybrow Centre for the Arts, with Patrick Shai, Nomsa Nene, Samson Khumelo e.a. – Disappointing dramatization of school setwork. –
Translations and adaptations
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