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== The original text ==
  
 
Basing his public comment on his experience in the building trade, the playwright launches a scathing attack on  the authorities in the 1970s for spending the equivalent of the cost of a stable on a house in Chatsworth - when the stables were more structurally sound than these badly-constructed dwellings.  
 
Basing his public comment on his experience in the building trade, the playwright launches a scathing attack on  the authorities in the 1970s for spending the equivalent of the cost of a stable on a house in Chatsworth - when the stables were more structurally sound than these badly-constructed dwellings.  
  
The play was first performed by the [[Stable Theatre Company]] in the 1970s, and gave a name to both the company and the [[Stable Theatre]] they used .
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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The play was first performed by the [[Stable Theatre Company]] in the 1970s, and gave a name to both the company and the [[Stable Theatre]] they used.
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== Sources ==
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http://www.kessiegovender.org
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Revision as of 08:16, 11 June 2014

A play by Kessie Govender.

The original text

Basing his public comment on his experience in the building trade, the playwright launches a scathing attack on the authorities in the 1970s for spending the equivalent of the cost of a stable on a house in Chatsworth - when the stables were more structurally sound than these badly-constructed dwellings.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

The play was first performed by the Stable Theatre Company in the 1970s, and gave a name to both the company and the Stable Theatre they used.


Sources

http://www.kessiegovender.org


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to B in Plays I Original SA Plays

Return to B in Plays II Foreign Plays

Return to B in Plays III Collections

Return to B in Plays IV: Festivals and Pageants

Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays

Return to The ESAT Entries

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