Difference between revisions of "Township Boy"
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| − | Presented at the [[Market Theatre]] and at the [[Baxter Theatre]] | + | 1988/9: Presented at the [[Market Theatre]] and at the [[Baxter Theatre]], starring [[Jowie Madiba]], [[Matome Rachabane]], [[Pretty Nomhle Tokwe]], [[John Morapama]], [[Lionel Sumithram]], [[Petunia Maboe]], [[Rubdiego Dzwane]], [[Tonny Nene]], [[Anthony Stevens]] and [[Michelle Lowry]]. |
Taken on tour to Europe by the [[Mamu Players]], visiting the University of Frankfort/Main in November 1989. | Taken on tour to Europe by the [[Mamu Players]], visiting the University of Frankfort/Main in November 1989. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:02, 4 June 2018
Township Boy is a musical play created circa 1987 by John Ledwaba and Christo Leach.
Contents
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
1988/9: Presented at the Market Theatre and at the Baxter Theatre, starring Jowie Madiba, Matome Rachabane, Pretty Nomhle Tokwe, John Morapama, Lionel Sumithram, Petunia Maboe, Rubdiego Dzwane, Tonny Nene, Anthony Stevens and Michelle Lowry.
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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