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''[[13]]'' is a play [[Mncedisi Shabangu]].
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''[[13]]'' is a play [[Mncedisi Shabangu]] (1969-2022).
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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A one-hander about "Thabisile", who has fallen in love with "Collen" from Witbank, but then dies a week before the day set aside for lobolo proceedings. However, the families decide to continue with the ceremony nevertheless.
  
 
Written by [[Mncedisi Shabangu]] it was first performed at the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]]'s ''[[Zwakala Festival]]'' in 2008.
 
Written by [[Mncedisi Shabangu]] it was first performed at the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]]'s ''[[Zwakala Festival]]'' in 2008.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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2008: Performed at the [[Market Theatre Laboratory]]'s ''[[Zwakala Festival]]''.
  
2009: Presented at the [[Market Theatre]]'s [[Barney Simon Theatre]], directed by Mncedisi Shabangu and performed by [[Bongiwe Given Lunga]] in March-April, in a double bill with ''[[Sekwatlapa]]'' (by [[Marlon Khoza]])
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2009: Presented as a professional production at the [[Market Theatre]]'s [[Barney Simon Theatre]], directed by [[Mncedisi Shabangu]] and performed by [[Bongiwe Given Lunga]] in March-April, in a double bill with ''[[Sekwatlapa]]'' (by [[Marlon Khoza]])
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 06:25, 22 March 2024

13 is a play Mncedisi Shabangu (1969-2022).

The original text

A one-hander about "Thabisile", who has fallen in love with "Collen" from Witbank, but then dies a week before the day set aside for lobolo proceedings. However, the families decide to continue with the ceremony nevertheless.

Written by Mncedisi Shabangu it was first performed at the Market Theatre Laboratory's Zwakala Festival in 2008.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2008: Performed at the Market Theatre Laboratory's Zwakala Festival.

2009: Presented as a professional production at the Market Theatre's Barney Simon Theatre, directed by Mncedisi Shabangu and performed by Bongiwe Given Lunga in March-April, in a double bill with Sekwatlapa (by Marlon Khoza)

Sources

"Peeping through window of friendship and tragedy", IOL 24 March, 2009[1]

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

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