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''[[Too Late]]'' is a one-Act play by [[Gibson Kente]]. | ''[[Too Late]]'' is a one-Act play by [[Gibson Kente]]. | ||
| + | == The original text == | ||
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. | 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 | + | Excerpts published in ''[[S'ketsh']]'' (1975) and the play was published in ''[[South African People’s Plays]]'' (Ed. [[Robert Kavanagh]]), 1981 (Heinemann). |
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
First performed in 1974. | First performed in 1974. | ||
Revision as of 08:44, 16 August 2018
Too Late is a one-Act play by Gibson Kente.
The original text
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 the play was published in South African People’s Plays (Ed. Robert Kavanagh), 1981 (Heinemann).
Performance history in South Africa
First performed in 1974.
Sources
Tribute to Gibson Kente by Melvin Whitebooi, Die Burger, 4 December 2004.
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