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A play by [[Ronnie Govender]]. Dramatized short stories on everyday life in Indian/Zulu/colonial Natal.  
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''[[At the Edge]]'' is a play by [[Ronnie Govender]] (1935-2021).  
  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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Dramatized short stories on everyday life in Indian/Zulu/colonial Natal, first performed in 1990.
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Published by [[Marx Publishers]] in the collection ''[[At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories]]'' in 1996.
 
Published by [[Marx Publishers]] in the collection ''[[At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories]]'' in 1996.
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1990: First performed by [[Charles Pillai]] at the [[Asoka Theatre]], UDW 1990. First performance Durban Cane Grower's Hall March 1990.
 
  
1990-1991: First performance [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Studio]] 25 June 1990; The [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town 15 April 1991.
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1990: First performed by [[Charles Pillai]] at the [[Asoka Theatre]], [[University of Durban-Westville]] and thereafter in Durban at the [[Cane Grower's Hall]] in March.
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1990: Performed at the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Studio]], Cape Town, on 25 June
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1991: Went on a national tour and played at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town 15 April and the Standard Bank [[National Arts Festival]], Grahamstown (starring [[Pat Pillai]]).
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1991: Performed at the [[Edinburgh Festival]]
  
1991: Went on a national tour and played at Standard Bank [[National Arts Festival]], Grahamstown (starring [[Pat Pillai]]) and Edinburgh Festival in 1991. Performed again at the [[Natal Playhouse]], 1997. Music composed by [[Siva Devar]].  
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1997: Performed at the [[Natal Playhouse]], with music composed by [[Siva Devar]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 14:32, 17 May 2021

At the Edge is a play by Ronnie Govender (1935-2021).


The original text

Dramatized short stories on everyday life in Indian/Zulu/colonial Natal, first performed in 1990.

Published by Marx Publishers in the collection At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories in 1996.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1990: First performed by Charles Pillai at the Asoka Theatre, University of Durban-Westville and thereafter in Durban at the Cane Grower's Hall in March.

1990: Performed at the Baxter Studio, Cape Town, on 25 June

1991: Went on a national tour and played at the Little Theatre, Cape Town 15 April and the Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown (starring Pat Pillai).

1991: Performed at the Edinburgh Festival

1997: Performed at the Natal Playhouse, with music composed by Siva Devar.

Sources

At the Edge theatre programme, 1991.

National Arts Festival Programme, 1991, 36-37.

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