Man Friday

Man Friday is a play by Alistair Dube Adrian Mitchell.

The original text

The play was written in 1973 play by Adrian Mitchell and based on Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. In it the roles of the two men are reversed hoever, Crusoe as a being a blunt, stiff Englishman, while the native he calls Man Friday is portrayed as being much more intelligent and empathic.

Performance history in South Africa

1994: Presented at the Market Theatre, directed by Alistair Dube with Ignatius Qulu and Lucky Ngojo in the cast.

Man Friday Oct 1994 - A play By Adrian Mitchell Dir. : Gerrit Schoonhoven Cast : Alistair Dube, David Butler, Zenzi Mbuli, Ignatius Qulu, Lucky Ngojo.

Sources

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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