Baby, Come Duze

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Baby, Come Duze is a musical play by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009).

The original text

Baby, Come Duze was a 1959 story by Can Themba. Written using the "new township language"

A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002.


Themba's story was adapted as a stage musical adaptation by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009) of Baby, Come Duze, a 1959 "story" using the "new township language" by Can Themba. (A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002).

Translations and adaptations

Themba's story was adapted as a stage musical production by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009) of Baby, Come Duze in 1990.

Performance history in South Africa

1990: Performed at The Warehouse, Johannesburg by Bayete, Mara Louw and [[Patrick Shai].


Sources

Can Themba and Gopal S. Naransamy. 2002. Baby, Come Duze. Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1. [1].

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