Cards
Cards is a play by Mothusi Mokoto.
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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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