The Cure
The Cure is the name given to two plays performed in South Africa
Contents
The Cure by an anonymous author (performed 1862)
The Cure by Athol Fugard and the Serpent Players (1971)
The original text
An improvised adaptation of La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli, moved to a township setting in the Eastern Cape. Rehearsals were held in the snake pit, in the old museum building in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
This was the first production by the newly formed Serpent Players in the mid-1960s in the building in Bird Street, Port Elizabeth, formerly the museum. Rehearsals were held in the snake pit, but the performance in another room.
Performed by the Serpent Players, including John Kani, Winston Ntshona and Nomhle Nkonyeni in Grahamstown in September 1971
Sources
NELM catalogue.
EP Herald, 6 June 2006.
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