James Mthoba

(19**-) Actor and playwright. * He worked at The Space in the 1970s, with roles in The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria and Lysistrata S.A.. He and Mshengu devised uHlanga – The Reed for Theatre Workshop ’71 in 1975, touring the country. ** Also acted for Benjy Francis in Athol Fugard’s The Blood Knot (1976), Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (Upstairs at the Market Theatre, 1976), and Mda’s We Shall Sing for the Fatherland (FUBA, 1978/9), He starred in Robert Kirby’s The Bijers Sunbird together with Sean Taylor under Robert Kirby’s direction at Upstairs at the Market in April 1986. He wrote and directed members of the Transvaal Association of Black Blind Adults in Mehlondini at the Laager in 1987. He starred in Athol Fugard’s Boesman and Lena in 1993. ***

Sources

(Astbury, 1979; Schwartz, 1988; Tucker, 1997)

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