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| − | + | ''[[Too Late]]'' is a one-Act play by [[Gibson Kente]]. | |
| + | At first banned and then unbanned, it was Kente’s only published play, and one of only three that he wrote dealing directly with political themes. A melodramatic musical play with political undertones in the township style, on the death of Ntanana, a crippled girl through brutal police action and apartheid bureaucracy. | ||
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| + | Excerpts published in ''[[S'ketsh']]'' (1975) and play published in ''[[South African People’s Plays]]'' (Ed. [[Robert Kavanagh]]), 1981. | ||
| + | Published in 1981 in a collection entitled ''[[South African People's Plays]]'' (edited by [[Robert Kanvanagh]], published by [[Heinemann]]). | ||
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| + | First performed in 1974. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | Tribute to [[Gibson Kente]] by [[Melvin Whitebooi]], ''[[Die Burger]]'', 4 December 2004. | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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Revision as of 08:40, 16 August 2018
Too Late is a one-Act play by Gibson Kente.
At first banned and then unbanned, it was Kente’s only published play, and one of only three that he wrote dealing directly with political themes. A melodramatic musical play with political undertones in the township style, on the death of Ntanana, a crippled girl through brutal police action and apartheid bureaucracy.
Excerpts published in S'ketsh' (1975) and play published in South African People’s Plays (Ed. Robert Kavanagh), 1981. Published in 1981 in a collection entitled South African People's Plays (edited by Robert Kanvanagh, published by Heinemann).
First performed in 1974.
Sources
Tribute to Gibson Kente by Melvin Whitebooi, Die Burger, 4 December 2004.
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