She Died Dreaming
She Died Dreaming is a play by Julian Seleke Mokoto.
The original text
A play about four women trying to find love. A four-hander, the play narrates the life of the loneliness of one woman, Hilda, who hides her empty love life from three dear friends, who all think that she has found a hunk that she has elaborately drawn on canvas. When the lies overwhelm her, Hilda takes her own life, leaving a note that reveals her tragic double life.
Performance history in South Africa
2012: Performed at the Windybrow Theatre in Johannesburg during July, directed by the author with Nomsa Buthelezi (as "Hilda"), Busiswa Mambi, Phindile Xaba and Molobane Mbatha.
2013: Performed by the Playhouse Company at the SA Women's Arts Festival in Durban.
Sources
Material relating to the Abangani Theatre production held by NELM: [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2007. 32. 9. 199.
Anon. Sisters get a little help from Julian. IOL (7 March, 2006)[1]
Jabu Kumalo, interview in the The Daily Sun, December 2009[2]
Sbusiso Shongwe. 2012. "The lies that women tell" (a review), Sowetan Live 30 July 2012[3]
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