Dutchman
There are two plays by this name.
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Dutchman, by Everett LeRoi Jones
Dutchman is a play written by African-American playwright Amiri Baraka (1934-2014), born Everett LeRoi Jones [1]. It was the last play that he wrote using his birth name.
The play won an Obie Award.
The original text
Dutchman was first presented at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, New York City, on March 1964.
Translations and adaptations
The play was made into a film in 1967.
Performance history in South Africa
Fats Dibeco starred in a South African production, venue unknown, pre-1981. This was possibly a Market Theatre Laboratory production, also starring Saira Essa and directed by Lindiwe Matshikiza. The event was controversial and attracted a lot of attention from the security police.
A production for Space Theatre club members only featured Yvonne Bryceland and Zakes Mokae.
Sources
Wikipedia [2].
SACD 1981/82.
The Sowetan, 19 August 1999.
Material held by NELM: [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2011. 341. 4. 1. 3.
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Dutchman, by Dukuza ka Macu.
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
There is no evidence that the play has been produced.
Sources
NELM catalogue.
Magalasi 1999.
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