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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 2021: Performed in the [[Mannie Manim Theatre]] at [[The Market Theatre]], Johannesburg, in the week from 6–29 August , directed by [[Palesa Mazamisa]] with [[Loyiso McDonald]] and [[Michelle Douglas]]. Lighting design was done by [[Josias Mashiane]], props and set design by [[Karabo Legoabe-Mtshali]], costume design by [[Busisiwe Nkabinde]], sound design by [[Mandla Mkaba]] and stage management by [[Tiisetso Mwane-Madzhie]]. | + | 2021: Performed in the [[The Mannie Manim Theatre]] at [[The Market Theatre]], Johannesburg, in the week from 6–29 August , directed by [[Palesa Mazamisa]] with [[Loyiso McDonald]] and [[Michelle Douglas]]. Lighting design was done by [[Josias Mashiane]], props and set design by [[Karabo Legoabe-Mtshali]], costume design by [[Busisiwe Nkabinde]], sound design by [[Mandla Mkaba]] and stage management by [[Tiisetso Mwane-Madzhie]]. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 7 July 2024
Dusk is a one-act play by Mark Scheepers.
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The original text
Set on a rural farm it is a play about an older white woman who had privilege and has lost much of it and a younger black man who had very little, but is now realising his potential Both have been traumatised in their own ways and are linked by history and overlapping relationships.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2021: Performed in the The Mannie Manim Theatre at The Market Theatre, Johannesburg, in the week from 6–29 August , directed by Palesa Mazamisa with Loyiso McDonald and Michelle Douglas. Lighting design was done by Josias Mashiane, props and set design by Karabo Legoabe-Mtshali, costume design by Busisiwe Nkabinde, sound design by Mandla Mkaba and stage management by Tiisetso Mwane-Madzhie.
Sources
Tonderai Chiyindiko. 2021. "Dusk, A Play About Secrets", in The African Theatre Magazine (August 15, 2021)[1]
Bruce Dennill 2021. "Theatre Review: Dusk – Isolated Incidents, Or Feeling Down On The Farm", pArticipate 13 August, 2021.[2]
Lesley Stones 2021." Dusk feels suitably dark in days of death and despair", Daily Maverick, 17 August, 2021.[3]
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