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=''[[Coming Home]]'' a musical by [[Kriben Pillay]] (1993)=
 
=''[[Coming Home]]'' a musical by [[Kriben Pillay]] (1993)=
  
'''''Coming Home''''' is a musical by [[Kriben Pillay]]. **
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==The play==
  
== The original text ==
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This is an adaptation and renaming by Pillay of the musical ''[[Side by Side Masisizane]]'' (Pillay, Devar and Caminsky, 1989), which tells the same story but  in the context of exiles returning home. It premiered at the Standard Bank National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in 1993 as part of the main festival.
  
This is an adaptation of ''[[Side by Side]]''
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'''See ''[[Side by Side Masisizane]]'''''
  
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
1993: First performed on the main festival at the [[Standard Bank National Arts Festival]], Grahamstown.
 
  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
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"UTEL saves historic theatre productions for the archives", Alumni Relations, [[University of Kwazulu-Natal]]
 
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(October 31, 2018)[http://alumniaffairs.ukzn.ac.za/News/18-10-31/UTEL_saves_historic_theatre_productions_for_the_archives.aspx]
 
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 05:02, 20 May 2021

There are at least two South African plays entitled Coming Home.

Coming Home a musical by Kriben Pillay (1993)

The play

This is an adaptation and renaming by Pillay of the musical Side by Side Masisizane (Pillay, Devar and Caminsky, 1989), which tells the same story but in the context of exiles returning home. It premiered at the Standard Bank National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in 1993 as part of the main festival.

See Side by Side Masisizane


Sources

"UTEL saves historic theatre productions for the archives", Alumni Relations, University of Kwazulu-Natal (October 31, 2018)[1]

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Coming Home a play by Athol Fugard (2009)

Coming Home is a play by Athol Fugard (1932-).

The original text

The play is a sequal, continuing Veronica Jonkers's journey that started in the earlier play Valley Song (1995).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2009: Staged in The Studio at the Baxter Theatre, directed by Ross Devenish, with Bronwyn van Graan (Veronica), Terry Hector (Grandpa), David Isaacs and child actors Devan Walbrugh and Cinga Vanda.

Sources

Die Burger, 19 March 2009

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