Dead End
Dead End is a play by Zakes Mda (1948-).
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The original text
The first play Mda wrote, as a schoolboy. A metaphorical discussion between a young murderer and God. First published in the collection We Shall Sing for the Fatherland and Other Plays, Ravan Press, 1980. Also published in The Plays of Zakes Mda by Ravan, 1990.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1979: First performed as double bill with We Shall Sing for the Fatherland directed by Benjy Francis for the FUBA ((the Federated Union of Black Arts), at the Diepkloof Hall in Soweto, 1979 with the following cast: Nomhle Nkonyeni, James Mthoba and Richard Ngemane; and directed by Nicholas Ellenbogen at the Market Theatre the same year with Nkonyeni, Ngemane and Timmy Kwebulana in the cast.
See also: Huis Clos.
Sources
Zakes Mda. 1980. We Shall Sing for the Fatherland and Other Plays, Johannesburg: Ravan Press.
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