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'''''Crepuscule''''' is a 2012 play by [[Khayelihle Dom Gumede]], adapted from a short story by the same name by [[Can Themba]].   
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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]].   
  
 
Published by  [[Junkets Publisher]], 2014
 
Published by  [[Junkets Publisher]], 2014

Revision as of 08:26, 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 in Apartheid 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]

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