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A play by [[Khayelihle Dom Gumede]].   
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'''''Crepuscule''''' is a 2012 play by [[Khayelihle Dom Gumede]], adapted from a short story by the same name written by [[Can Themba]].   
 
 
== The original text ==
 
  
 
Published by  [[Junkets Publisher]], 2014
 
Published by  [[Junkets Publisher]], 2014
  
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== The original text ==
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[[Can Themba]]'s short story ''Crepuscule'' is believed to be a fictional interpretation of his real life love affair with a white woman, Jean Hart, during the 1950s, the Apartheid years, in Sophiatown, South Africa.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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2012: Staged as a student production at the [[Wits School of Dramatic Arts]], directed by [[Khayelihle Dom Gumede|Gumede]].
  
 
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2015: Staged in the [[Laager]] at the [[Market Theatre]], directed by [[Khayelihle Dom Gumede|Gumede]], with [[Kate Liquorish]] (Jennet Hart), [[Leroy Gopal]] (Can Themba), [[Conrad Kemp]] (Malcolm Hart), [[Lerato Mvelase]] (Baby/Kleinboy), [[Thami Ngoma]] (Ous Lethabo/Mama Dora/Sis) and [[Nhlanhla Mahlangu]] (Stan).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
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Junket Publisher [http://junketspublisher.blogspot.com/]
 
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 08:30, 4 August 2016

Crepuscule is a 2012 play by Khayelihle Dom Gumede, adapted from a short story by the same name written by Can Themba.

Published by Junkets Publisher, 2014

The original text

Can Themba's short story Crepuscule is believed to be a fictional interpretation of his real life love affair with a white woman, Jean Hart, during the 1950s, the Apartheid years, in Sophiatown, South Africa.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2012: Staged as a student production at the Wits School of Dramatic Arts, directed by Gumede.

2015: Staged in the Laager at the Market Theatre, directed by Gumede, with Kate Liquorish (Jennet Hart), Leroy Gopal (Can Themba), Conrad Kemp (Malcolm Hart), Lerato Mvelase (Baby/Kleinboy), Thami Ngoma (Ous Lethabo/Mama Dora/Sis) and Nhlanhla Mahlangu (Stan).

Sources

Junket Publisher [1]

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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