Umongikazi: The Nurse
Umongikazi: The Nurse is a play by Maishe Maponya (1951-2021).
Sometimes cited in Sotho (Umongikazi) or in English (The Nurse) alone
The original text
The play uses techniques of multiple roleplay, caricature, flashbacks and revolutionary songs to show the radicalization of a young nurse Nyamezo.
Published (as Umongikazi/The Nurse) in Four Plays is a collection of dramatic works, edited by Zakes Mda (1996)
Published (as Umongikazi: The Nurse) in Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays edited by Kathy A. Perkins (1999).
Performance history in South Africa
1982: Produced at the Market Theatre, starring Gcina Mhlophe.
Sources
Theatre programme held by NELM: [Collection: MAPONYA, Maishe]: 2012. 332. 1. 5.
Andile Xaba. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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