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A 1976 protest play by [[Kessie Govender]].
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A 1976 protest play by [[Kessie Govender]].  
 
 
== The original text ==
 
  
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== Subject ==
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Set on a building construction site the play explores the tensions between black, white and Indian individuals. The characters include Siva, a bricklayer, Jitsen, the bricklayer's charge hand, Frank, the bricklayer's labourer, Devan, a college student, and the building inspector.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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First staged by the [[Stable Theatre Company]] in the [[Stable Theatre]] in Durban in 1976 in a production, directed by [[Kessie Govender]], which ran for three weeks before being shut down by the South African security police for political reasons.
  
 
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Staged in August 2001 in the [[Little Theatre]] at [[The Playhouse]] in Durban, directed by [[Kessie Govender]], with [[Kessie Govender]], [[Rajesh Maharaj]], [[Thirugasen Govender]], [[Santiran Moonsamy]], and [[Gavin Goveir]].
 
 
EDIT>> by Kessie Govender. A play about the tense labour relationships between Indian contractors and African wage-workers. Created at the Stable Theatre in Durban in 1979, performed in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Revived in 2001?* Unpublished. ***
 
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
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''Sunday Tribune'', 19 August 2001.
 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 07:58, 17 January 2015

A 1976 protest play by Kessie Govender.

Subject

Set on a building construction site the play explores the tensions between black, white and Indian individuals. The characters include Siva, a bricklayer, Jitsen, the bricklayer's charge hand, Frank, the bricklayer's labourer, Devan, a college student, and the building inspector.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

First staged by the Stable Theatre Company in the Stable Theatre in Durban in 1976 in a production, directed by Kessie Govender, which ran for three weeks before being shut down by the South African security police for political reasons.

Staged in August 2001 in the Little Theatre at The Playhouse in Durban, directed by Kessie Govender, with Kessie Govender, Rajesh Maharaj, Thirugasen Govender, Santiran Moonsamy, and Gavin Goveir.

Sources

Sunday Tribune, 19 August 2001.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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