Tshepang
A play by Lara Foot-Newton. (Also known as Tshepang: The Third Testament or by its full title: Tshepang: The Third Testament (based on 20,000 true stories)).
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A play inspired by an horrific incident of infant rape that took place near Upington in the Northern Cape in 2001; the 9-month-old baby girl survived and was named Tshepang ("to have hope"), because she was not infected with the HIVirus by her rapist(s).
The play garnered several awards and accolades and has been translated into Zulu, Afrikaans and Croatian. It has been published in English and Zulu and has been performed in prisons and rural settlements throughout South Africa. The English version published in London by Oberon Press in 2004 and in Johannesburg by Wits University Press in 2005.
Performance history in South Africa
2003: The world premiére was staged by Duckrabbit at the Roots Festival in Amsterdam on 26 June 2003, directed by Lara Foot-Newton with Mncedisi Shabangu (2003 Fleur du Cap Best Actor award ) and Kholeka Qwabe. Scenography and design by Gerhard Marx.
2003: The same production staged at the Grahamstown Festival in 2003, in the Market Theatre Laboratory in August 2003, at the Hilton Arts Festival in September 2003 and in the Baxter Theatre Sanlam Studio in November 2003.
2004-2010: After 2003 the play went on tour, playing in venues around the world, including the Gate Theatre, London, in September 2004, New York, Brisbane, Stockholm and Amsterdam, and various cities in Germany and Switzerland.
2011: Produced once more at the Market Theatre in February 2011.
2015: Staged at Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg for six performances only, (13 to 16 April), directed by Lara Foot, with Mncedisi Shabangu from the original cast, and Nonceba Constance Didi, design by Gerhard Marx.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
See: [Van Heerden (2008)][1]. p 186.
The Star, 18 June & 13 August 2003.
Beeld, 20 August 2003.
The Cape Times, 3 November 2003.
Mail & Guardian, 13 November 2004.
The Natal Witness, 25 February 2004.
The Cape Times, 14 April 2004.
Artslink.co.za News, 03/24/2015[2]
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