Bopha!

by Percy Mtwa. A play about family strife and loyalties during the 1970-1980 troubles, where the son is an activist and the father a policeman working for the oppressors. First performed at The Market Theatre in 198*. Bopha! by Percy Mtwa. This play, also directed by Percy Mtwa was a Market and Earth Players collaboration which was staged at the Laager in October 1985.

Performed in the Baxter Theatre in 1986, directed by Percy Mtwa, starring Aubrey Radebe, Aubrey Moaloss Molefe, Sydney Khumalo. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987).

First published in D. Ndlovu (ed) Woza Afrika! An Anthology of South African Plays by Braziller, 1986. A film by the same name, ****??? [The filmed play, or not?.

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