The Last Bus

The Last Bus is an improvised play by the Serpent Players.

Not to be confused with the 2021 British film[1] or 2022 Netflix series[2].

The original text

A play about the relationship between black and coloured people in Port Elizabeth. There is some uncertainty about the dates for this play, with

Performance history in South Africa

1966-9: Performed by the Serpent Players in the St Stephen's Church Hall, Port Elizabeth. (Other

1969: Walder (1993) mentions a performance in this year.

Sources

S'ketsh', July 1972, 17.

Dennis Walder. 1993. Crossing Boundaries: The Genesis of the Township Plays. Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Athol Fugard Issue - Winter, 1993), pp. 409-42.

Zakes Mda's Introduction to John Kani's Nothing But the Truth. 2002. Witwatersrand University Press.

Ella Parke. 2024. A Conversation with Dr. John Kani, The Carletonian: Saturday, May 4, 2024[3]

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