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''The Cell'', by [[Athol Fugard]]. An early one-act play (written in Cape Town c. 1955-57) which he later destroyed.  (See [[Sydney Paul Gosher|Gosher]], 1988)
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There are two South African plays by this name.
  
''The Cell'', by [[Harold Kimmel]]. An absorbing psycho-drama in which a prison-cell, and the ideological clashes of its inmates, become a microcosmic symbol for South Africa. First performed ***. Published in ''Five African Plays'' (ed [[Cosmo Pieterse]], pub Heinemann, 1972).  (See [[Sydney Paul Gosher|Gosher]], 1988)
 
  
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= ''The Cell'', by [[Athol Fugard]]. =
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== The play ==
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An early one-act play about black prisoners in a Cape Town prison. Written in Cape Town c. 1955-56, performed by the [[Circle Players]] in the [[Labia Theatre]], Cape Town in 1956. Directed by [[Sheila Fugard]], with [[Sheila Fugard]], [[Athol Fugard]], [[Erica Rogers]], and a chorus of three men. Fugard later destroyed the manuscript. 
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== Sources ==
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[[Sydney Paul Gosher|Gosher]], 1988
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[[Marianne McDonald]], 2012: p. 15.
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= ''The Cell'', by [[Harold Kimmel]]. =
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== The play ==
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A psycho-drama in which a prison-cell, and the ideological clashes of its inmates, become a microcosmic symbol for South Africa. First performed ***.
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Published in ''[[Five African Plays]]'' (ed [[Cosmo Pieterse]],  Heinemann, 1972. 
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== Sources ==
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[[Sydney Paul Gosher|Gosher]], 1988
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Latest revision as of 16:42, 5 August 2014

There are two South African plays by this name.


The Cell, by Athol Fugard.

The play

An early one-act play about black prisoners in a Cape Town prison. Written in Cape Town c. 1955-56, performed by the Circle Players in the Labia Theatre, Cape Town in 1956. Directed by Sheila Fugard, with Sheila Fugard, Athol Fugard, Erica Rogers, and a chorus of three men. Fugard later destroyed the manuscript.


Sources

Gosher, 1988

Marianne McDonald, 2012: p. 15.


The Cell, by Harold Kimmel.

The play

A psycho-drama in which a prison-cell, and the ideological clashes of its inmates, become a microcosmic symbol for South Africa. First performed ***. Published in Five African Plays (ed Cosmo Pieterse, Heinemann, 1972.


Sources

Gosher, 1988


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