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A musical play first staged in 1994, scripted by [[Mothobi Mutloatse]] and directed by [[Walter Chakela]].
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A musical play scripted by [[Mothobi Mutloatse]], with original music by [[Thabang Masemola]] and [[Jonas Gwanga]] (1994).
  
 
== Subject ==
 
== Subject ==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Premièred by [[PACT]] in 1994 at the [[Windybrow Theatre]], directed by [[Walter Chakela]], with [[Samson Khumalo]], [[Hamlet Maboa]], [[Donald Woodburn]] and others. Original music by [[Thabang Masemola]] and [[Jonas Gwanga]].
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Premièred by [[PACT]] in 1994 at the [[Windybrow Theatre]], directed by [[Walter Chakela]], with [[Samson Khumalo]], [[Hamlet Maboa]], [[Donald Woodburn]] and others.  
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 08:18, 26 June 2014

A musical play scripted by Mothobi Mutloatse, with original music by Thabang Masemola and Jonas Gwanga (1994).

Subject

Based on Drum writer William ‘Bloke’ Modisane's autobiography Blame Me on History (1963). Bloke Modisane was one of South Africa’s leading black intellectuals of the 1950s and 1960s and this musical was a celebration of his genius.

Performance history in South Africa

Premièred by PACT in 1994 at the Windybrow Theatre, directed by Walter Chakela, with Samson Khumalo, Hamlet Maboa, Donald Woodburn and others.

Translations and adaptations

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