Steve Biko: The Inquest
Steve Biko: The Inquest is a play devised by Saira Essa and Charles Pillai based partly on The Biko Inquest by Jon Blair and Norman Fenton.
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The original text
Published as Steve Biko : the inquest : a documentary based on the inquest hearing into the death in detention of Steven Bantu Biko, devised by Saira Essa & Charles Pillai. Durban : Art Printers, [ca.]1985. ISBN 9780620094832 (paperback).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Presented by The Upstairs Theatre Company, Durban, circa 1986, directed by Saira Essa, starring Charles Pillai, Kerneels Coertzen, Peter Holden, Willem Pretorius, Chris Steyn, Mike Huff, Michael Maxwell, Ralph Draper, Ronald France.
Sources
Steve Biko: The Inquest programme notes.
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