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Revision as of 10:16, 4 May 2024
The Last Bus is an improvised play by the Serpent Players.
Not to be confused with the 2021 British film[1] or 2022 Netflix series[2].
The original text
A play about the relationship between black and coloured people in Port Elizabeth. There is some uncertainty about the dates for this play, with
Performance history in South Africa
1966-9: Performed by the Serpent Players in the St Stephen's Church Hall, Port Elizabeth. (Other
1969: Walder (1993) mentions a performance in this year.
Sources
S'ketsh', July 1972, 17.
Dennis Walder. 1993. Crossing Boundaries: The Genesis of the Township Plays. Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Athol Fugard Issue - Winter, 1993), pp. 409-42.
Zakes Mda's Introduction to John Kani's Nothing But the Truth. 2002. Witwatersrand University Press.
Ella Parke. 2024. A Conversation with Dr. John Kani, The Carletonian: Saturday, May 4, 2024[3]
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