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Revision as of 21:02, 26 January 2024
Too Late is a one-act play by Gibson Kente (1932-2004).
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
1975: First performed in Mofolo Hall, Soweto, directed by Gibson Kente, with the following cast: Stompie Mazwi (Saduva), Thandi Baduze (Ntanana), Nonkululeko Rabi (Madinto), Darlington Michaels (Doctor Phuza), Ronnie Mokoena (Offside), Mackintosh Bricks (Pelepele).
Sources
Tribute to Gibson Kente by Melvin Whitebooi, Die Burger, 4 December 2004.
South African People’s Plays (Ed. Robert Kavanagh), 1981 (Heinemann).
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