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''[[Cards]]'' is a play by [[Mothusi Mokoto]].  
 
''[[Cards]]'' is a play by [[Mothusi Mokoto]].  
 
2004Performed in 2004 in The Arena at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, directed by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]], starring [[Siyabonga Thwala]] as the Nigerian brothel owner Mubara. (Source: ''Sunday Independent'', 10 October, 2004).
 
 
''[[House of Shaka]]'' is a musical by [[Mbongeni Ngema]]
 
 
          
 
          
  
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2004: Performed in [[The Arena]] at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, directed by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]], starring [[Siyabonga Thwala]] as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara".  
 
2004: Performed in [[The Arena]] at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, directed by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]], starring [[Siyabonga Thwala]] as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara".  
  
2005: Performed at the [[Market Theatre]], directed by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]] and [[Lara Foot Newton]]
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2005: Performed at the [[Market Theatre]], directed by [[Lara Foot Newton]] with [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]].
  
 
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Revision as of 10:50, 7 March 2024

Cards is a play by Mothusi Mokoto.


The original text

A play about shadowy characters that frequent a Hillbrow brothel owned by Mubara, a Nigerian immigrant.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2004: Performed in The Arena at the State Theatre, Pretoria, directed by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, starring Siyabonga Thwala as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara".

2005: Performed at the Market Theatre, directed by Lara Foot Newton with Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom.

Sources

Sunday Independent, 10 October, 2004.

"Inner demons exposed" in IOL, May 10, 2005

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

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