Baby, Come Duze
Baby, Come Duze is a musical play by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009).
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The original text
Baby, Come Duze was a 1959 story by Can Themba. Written using the "new township language"
A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002.
Themba's story was adapted as a stage musical adaptation by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009) of Baby, Come Duze, a 1959 "story" using the "new township language" by Can Themba. (A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002).
Translations and adaptations
Themba's story was adapted as a stage musical production by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009) of Baby, Come Duze in 1990.
Performance history in South Africa
1990: Performed at The Warehouse, Johannesburg by Bayete, Mara Louw and [[Patrick Shai].
Sources
Can Themba and Gopal S. Naransamy. 2002. Baby, Come Duze. Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1. [1].
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