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| − | by [[Kriben Pillay]]. A satiric play about a Zulu student training to play the classical Indian role of the god Muruga | + | ''[[Looking for Muruga]]'' is a play by [[Kriben Pillay]]. A satiric play about a Zulu student training to play the classical Indian role of the god Muruga. |
| + | Based on a real character (now dead), the play brings together an aging barman and a young teacher, wbo is looking for a man he knew during his student days, a waiter called Muruga. | ||
| + | == Original text == | ||
| + | Published in [[Asoka Theatre Publications]] 1995. | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| + | 1990: First shown as “work-in-progress” in the [[Asoka Theatre]] in 1988, but first performed formally in the Asoka Theatre, UDW 1990. Directed by [[Robun Singh]]. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | Review written by [[Sjoerd Meijer]], ''[[Daily News]]'', 31 August 1990. | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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Revision as of 18:17, 16 July 2018
Looking for Muruga is a play by Kriben Pillay. A satiric play about a Zulu student training to play the classical Indian role of the god Muruga.
Based on a real character (now dead), the play brings together an aging barman and a young teacher, wbo is looking for a man he knew during his student days, a waiter called Muruga.
Original text
Published in Asoka Theatre Publications 1995.
Performance history in South Africa
1990: First shown as “work-in-progress” in the Asoka Theatre in 1988, but first performed formally in the Asoka Theatre, UDW 1990. Directed by Robun Singh.
Sources
Review written by Sjoerd Meijer, Daily News, 31 August 1990.
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