At the Edge
A play by Ronnie Govender. Dramatized short stories on everyday life in Indian/Zulu/colonial Natal.
Contents
The original text
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, UDW 1990. First performance Durban Cane Grower's Hall March 1990.
1990-1991: First performance Baxter Studio 25 June 1990; The Little Theatre, Cape Town 15 April 1991.
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.
Sources
At the Edge theatre programme, 1991.
National Arts Festival Programme, 1991, 36-37.
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