At the Edge
At the Edge is a play by Ronnie Govender (1935-2021).
Contents
The original text
Dramatized short stories on everyday life in Indian/Zulu/colonial Natal, first performed in 1990.
Published by Marx Publishers in the collection At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories in 1996.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1990: First performed by Charles Pillai (0r Pat Pillai?) at the Asoka Theatre, University of Durban-Westville and toured small towns and various venues in Natal, including the Cane Grower's Hall in March.
1990: Performed at the Baxter Studio, Cape Town, on 25 June
1991: Went on a national tour and played at the Little Theatre, Cape Town 15 April and the Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown.
1991: Performed at the Edinburgh Festival
1997: Performed at the Natal Playhouse, with music composed by Siva Devar.
Sources
At the Edge theatre programme, 1991.
National Arts Festival Programme, 1991, 36-37.
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