Difference between revisions of "Maru"
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The [[Wim Vorster]] version was staged for [[PACOFS]], directed by [[Gerben Kamper]], with [[Ilse Klink]] as Margaret, [[Maurice Carpede]] as Maru and [[Denise Newman]] as the narrator Bessie Head in May 1994. | The [[Wim Vorster]] version was staged for [[PACOFS]], directed by [[Gerben Kamper]], with [[Ilse Klink]] as Margaret, [[Maurice Carpede]] as Maru and [[Denise Newman]] as the narrator Bessie Head in May 1994. | ||
| − | The [[Walter Chakela]] version, directed by Chakela, was staged at the [[Windybrow]] Centre for the Arts, with [[Patrick Shai]], [[Nomsa Nene]], [[Samson Khumelo]] and others in August 1994. Chakela directed his version again in March 1995, a production which toured Natal and played in the Drama Theatre in the [[Natal Playhouse]] - the cast included [[Alistair Dube]] and [[Shannon Simon]]. | + | The [[Walter Chakela]] version, directed by Chakela, was staged at the [[Windybrow]] Centre for the Arts, with [[Patrick Shai]], [[Nomsa Nene]], [[Samson Khumelo]] and others in August 1994. |
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| + | Chakela directed his version again in March 1995, a production which toured Natal and played in the Drama Theatre in the [[Natal Playhouse]] - the cast included [[Alistair Dube]] and [[Shannon Simon]]. | ||
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| + | In September 1998 [[Walter Chakela]] staged his version in the [[Adcock-Ingram]] at the [[Windybrow Theatre]], with [[George Lamola]], [[Emily Tseu]], [[Duma Mnembe]], [[Alistair Dube]], [[Pinky Fihlane]] and [[Elize Mark]]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:46, 23 June 2014
stage play(s) based on the 1971 novel Maru by Bessie Head. Adapted for the stage by Wim Vorster for a PACOFS production and by Walter Chakela for a production at the Windybrow Centre for the Arts, (both in 1994).
Performance history in South Africa
The Wim Vorster version was staged for PACOFS, directed by Gerben Kamper, with Ilse Klink as Margaret, Maurice Carpede as Maru and Denise Newman as the narrator Bessie Head in May 1994.
The Walter Chakela version, directed by Chakela, was staged at the Windybrow Centre for the Arts, with Patrick Shai, Nomsa Nene, Samson Khumelo and others in August 1994.
Chakela directed his version again in March 1995, a production which toured Natal and played in the Drama Theatre in the Natal Playhouse - the cast included Alistair Dube and Shannon Simon.
In September 1998 Walter Chakela staged his version in the Adcock-Ingram at the Windybrow Theatre, with George Lamola, Emily Tseu, Duma Mnembe, Alistair Dube, Pinky Fihlane and Elize Mark.
Translations and adaptations
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