People's Experimental Theatre
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Also known by its acronym PET. A theatre group which was formed in Lenasia in March 1973, in reaction to the death of Mthuli Shezi in 1972 and the banning of the SASO and TECON executive in 1973. It was one of a number of arts and culture organizations associated with the Black Consciousness Movement in the 1970s-1980s.
Structure and history
PET was led by **?? Solly Ismael and Sadeque Variava (editor of the PET Newsletter).
Short-lived, it was closed down by banning order in 19**.
Productions
Shanti by Mthuli Shezi(Performed 1972)
[TH, JH]
Sources
Loren Kruger, 1999: 144;
Gosher, 1988
Biography of Mthuli ka Shezi In South African History Online[1]
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