Dingane
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A play by H.I.E. Dhlomo
The original text
An epic play (written in 1937) in English about the Zulu king who assassinated Chaka and Piet Retief, and led the Zulus in their clash with the white settlers. Published in H.I.E. Dhlomo Collected Works, 1985, by Ravan.
Performance history in South Africa
1954: It was first performed in a revised form in May 1954 by students of the University of Natal’s Medical School (Non-European Section) under the direction of two instructors, William Branford and Walter Pople, with “African music” by Charles Marivate. Branford also performed the newly written prologue. Revived at the Durban City Hall in August of that year and billed as a “milestone in the indigenous theatre of this [i.e. the 20th] century”.
by J.P. Hlale
(“Dingane” – Southern Sotho). Published by Mazenod in 1965. An historical drama dealing with the life of the Zulu king Dingane (or Dingaan).
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