Cracked Mirror
A play by Buntu Mahola, premièred in 2002, directed by the playwright.
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Subject
A group of five black mineworkers debate the issues of racism, intolerance and xenophobia, while doing back-breaking underground work and performing energetic dance routines, about a newly democratic South Africa, a place “Where men have to compete for women, jobs and their next meal, scapegoats will be found and you best not have a strange accent, a slightly darker skin or hopes for a new life in a foreign country” (Hollands, 2002). [Van Heerden (2008)][1] p. 111
Performance history in South Africa
Premièred on the main programme of the 2002 Grahamstown Festival, directed by the author.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
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[Van Heerden (2008)][2]
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