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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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2001: First performed in the North West Province.
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Where: Windybrow Theatre, Hillbrow
  
 
2004: Performed in [[The Arena]] at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, directed by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]], starring [[Siyabonga Thwala]] as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara".  
 
2004: Performed in [[The Arena]] at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, directed by [[Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom]], starring [[Siyabonga Thwala]] as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara".  

Revision as of 10:54, 7 March 2024

Cards is a play by Mothusi Mokoto.


The original text

A play about shadowy characters that frequent a Hillbrow brothel owned by Mubara, a Nigerian immigrant.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2001: First performed in the North West Province.


Where: Windybrow Theatre, Hillbrow

2004: Performed in The Arena at the State Theatre, Pretoria, directed by Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, starring Siyabonga Thwala as the Nigerian brothel owner "Mubara".

2005: Performed at the Market Theatre, directed by Lara Foot Newton with Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom.

Sources

Sunday Independent, 10 October, 2004.

"Inner demons exposed" in IOL, May 10, 2005[1]

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

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