Difference between revisions of "The Brothers Size"
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Revision as of 15:48, 8 April 2024
The Brothers Size A play By Tarell Alvin McCraney
Contents
The original text
A play about a man who returns home to his brother, a car mechanic, after his release from prison. They remember. They dream. They are circled by his friend from the penitentiary. The friend lures him from the circle with a stolen car and drugs. Will he remain safe in the circle of his brother's protection? Will the law catch him again? Or will there be another way out?
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2012: Brought to South Africa from the Syracuse Stage in New York, with the support of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. Performed at the Baxter Theatre (18 May – 9 June) and the Market Theatre (15 June 15 – 1 July ). Directed by Tim Bond[1] with Rodrick Covington (as Oshoosi), Sam Encarnación (as Elegba) and Joshua Elijah Reese (as Ogun). May 18 – June 9 at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town, and June 15 – July 1 at The Market Theatre in Johannesburg.
Sources
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/429/75557.html
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-06-17-the-brothers-size-is-everything/
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