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== by [[Bertha Egnos]] ==
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''[[Dingaka]]'' has been the title of a play, a musical and a film.
A play about a black man struggling to survive in the city, written in 1950. The play was then turned into a successful musical by by [[Eddie Domingo]] and Bertha Egnos (produced at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1961 ) and later made into an immensely successful film by [[Jamie Uys]] in 1964, after the success of the musical, with a script by Egnos, Eddie Domingo and [[Basil Gray]].
 
  
== by Eddie Domingo and Bertha Egnos ==
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==''[[Dingaka]]'' the play by [[Bertha Egnos]] (1950)==
A musical version of Egnos’s like-named play, produced at the Brooke Theatre in 1961. 
 
  
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A play about a black man struggling to survive in the city, written in 1950.
  
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== ''[[Dingaka (the musical)]]'' by [[Eddie Domingo]] and [[Bertha Egnos]] (1961) ==
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A musical version of Egnos's like-named play, produced at the [[Brooke Theatre]] by [[Victor Melleney]] in 1961, with a script  by [[Eddie Domingo]] and [[Bertha Egnos]].
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== ''[[Dingaka (the film)]]'', produced by [[Jamie Uys]] (1964) ==
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The Egnos play was made into an immensely successful film by [[Jamie Uys]] in 1964, after the success of the musical, with a script by [[Bertha Egnos]], [[Eddie Domingo]] and [[Basil Gray]]. The film cast included [[Ken Gampu]], [[Stanley Baker]], [[Juliet Prowse]] and [[Bob Courtney]].
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== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingaka.
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Report by [[Jairus Serongoane]] published in ''[[Zonk]]'' Nov., 1961 ; pp. 16-17, 19
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Latest revision as of 06:19, 5 January 2024

Dingaka has been the title of a play, a musical and a film.

Dingaka the play by Bertha Egnos (1950)

A play about a black man struggling to survive in the city, written in 1950.

Dingaka (the musical) by Eddie Domingo and Bertha Egnos (1961)

A musical version of Egnos's like-named play, produced at the Brooke Theatre by Victor Melleney in 1961, with a script by Eddie Domingo and Bertha Egnos.

Dingaka (the film), produced by Jamie Uys (1964)

The Egnos play was made into an immensely successful film by Jamie Uys in 1964, after the success of the musical, with a script by Bertha Egnos, Eddie Domingo and Basil Gray. The film cast included Ken Gampu, Stanley Baker, Juliet Prowse and Bob Courtney.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingaka.

Report by Jairus Serongoane published in Zonk Nov., 1961 ; pp. 16-17, 19

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