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''Township Boy'' is a musical play created circa 1987 by [[John Ledwaba]] and [[Christo Leach]].
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''[[Township Boy]]'' is a musical play created circa 1987 by [[John Ledwaba]] and [[Christo Leach]].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
 
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The play is about a poet from Soweto who got killed in the Soweto revolt in 1976.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 16:20, 9 May 2018

Township Boy is a musical play created circa 1987 by John Ledwaba and Christo Leach.

The original text

The play is about a poet from Soweto who got killed in the Soweto revolt in 1976.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Presented at the Market Theatre and at the Baxter Theatre 1988/9 starring, among others, John Morapama.

Taken on tour to Europe by the Mamu Players, visiting the University of Frankfort/Main in November 1989.

Sources

Photographs taken during the production held by NELM: [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2004. 30. 5. 159.

The Sowetan 13 April 1989, p. 20.

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