There have been two South African texts using the title The Return, one by Zakes Mda (1993)and one by Fatima Dike (2008).

The Return by Zakes Mda (1993)

This was the working title of Mda's 1992/3 vplay, eventually published and performed as The Dying Screams of the Moon.

See the entry on The Dying Screams of the Moon

The Return by Fatima Dike (2008)

A play about the clash between Traditional African family values and the aspirations of the young generation, in which a young African man returns from the USA with an Afro-American wife.

The original text

Text published by Junkets as No 9 in their Playscript Series.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2008: First performed at the Artscape Arena, 2008, as part of the 4th Artscape Spring Drama Season, directed by Roy Sergeant starring Nomhle Nkonyeni, Mzwakhe "Sticks" Mdidimba, Pakamisa Zwedala, Roshina Ratnam, Thozama Mxoli.

Sources

Cape Times, 18 November 2008.

J. Coplen Rose. 2017. "Rethinking Motherhood beyond South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Anger and Healing in Fatima Dike’s The Return ", International Journal of Diverse Identities 17(2):11-24 (DOI: 10.18848/2327-7866/CGP/v17i02/11-24)[1]

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