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by [[Brett Bailey]]. *****  [[Sello Sebotsane]], 2001.**
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''[[Big Dada]]'' is a play by [[Brett Bailey]], about Idi Amin Dada [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin], President of Uganda (1971-79). World premiere in the Tropentheater in Amsterdam at the Roots Festival in June 2001.
  
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== The original text ==
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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2001: Premiered in South African at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 2001, a [[Third World Bunfight]] production directed by [[Brett Bailey]] with an all-male cast of ten singer-dancer-actors, led by [[Sello Sebotsane]] as Big Dada. The same production played in the [[Baxter Theatre]] after the Festival.
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== Sources ==
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''[[Mail & Guardian]]'', 7 June 2001.
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''[[Natal Witness]]'', 7 July 2001.
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''[[Sunday Independent]]'', 8 July 2001.
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Revision as of 11:06, 16 February 2019

Big Dada is a play by Brett Bailey, about Idi Amin Dada [1], President of Uganda (1971-79). World premiere in the Tropentheater in Amsterdam at the Roots Festival in June 2001.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2001: Premiered in South African at the Grahamstown Festival in 2001, a Third World Bunfight production directed by Brett Bailey with an all-male cast of ten singer-dancer-actors, led by Sello Sebotsane as Big Dada. The same production played in the Baxter Theatre after the Festival.

Sources

Mail & Guardian, 7 June 2001.

Natal Witness, 7 July 2001.

Sunday Independent, 8 July 2001.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page