Cards
Cards is a play by Mothusi Mokoto.
2004Performed in 2004 in The Arena at the State Theatre, Pretoria, directed by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, starring Siyabonga Thwala as the Nigerian brothel owner Mubara. (Source: Sunday Independent, 10 October, 2004).
House of Shaka is a musical by Mbongeni Ngema
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The original text
A play about shadowy characters that frequent a Hillbrow brothel owned by Mubara, a Nigerian immigrant.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2004: Performed in The Arena at the State Theatre, Pretoria, directed by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, starring Siyabonga Thwala as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara".
2005: Performed at the Market Theatre, directed by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom and Lara Foot Newton
Sources
Sunday Independent, 10 October, 2004.
"Inner demons exposed" in IOL, May 10, 2005
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
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