Baby, Come Duze
Baby, Come Duze ("Baby, come closer") is a musical play by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009).
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The original text
The musical is based on Baby, Come Duze by Can Themba (1924-1968), a photographic short story, written by Can Themba (1924-1968) and illustrated by photographer Gopal S. Naransamy. Originally published in Drum Magazine in 1959, the story tells of a streetwise snappy dresser who tries trying his luck with an attractive young woman, using the evocative miltilingual patois known as Tsotsitaal (also referred to as fly taal or isicamto), which had become an integral part of urban township life, and notably so of Sophiatown, by the late 1950s.
Translations and adaptations
Themba's story was adapted as a stage musical production by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009) of Baby, Come Duze in 1990.
Performance history in South Africa
1990: Performed at The Warehouse, Johannesburg by Bayete, Mara Louw and Patrick Shai.
Sources
Can Themba and Gopal S. Naransamy. 2002. Baby, Come Duze. Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1. [1].
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