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by [[Athol Fugard]]. * Full-length. Cast: mixed. Published in ''[[My Children! My Africa! and Selected Shorter Plays]]''. By [[Wits University Press]].  
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A play by [[Athol Fugard]]. * Full-length. Cast: mixed. The action takes place in a small Eastern Cape Karoo town in the autumn of 1984.
  
Presented by the [[Market Theatre Company]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in October 1989, directed by [[Athol Fugard]], starring [[John Kani]], [[Kathy-Jo Ross]], [[Rapulana Seiphemo]].  
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== The original text ==
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Published in London by Faber and Faber (1990) and in ''My Children! My Africa! and Selected Shorter Plays'' by Witwatersrand University Press (1990).
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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The [[Market Theatre Company]]'s production was presented at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in October 1989, directed by [[Athol Fugard]], starring [[John Kani]] (Mr M), [[Kathy-Jo Ross]] (Isabel Dyson), [[Rapulana Seiphemo]] (Thami Seiphemo) and children of Zolile High School. Lighting design by [[Mannie Manim]], lighting design supervised and sound coordination by [[Patrick Curtis]].
  
 
Staged by [[PACOFS]] at the [[Sterrewag Teater]] in October 1996, directed by [[Gerben Kamper]], with [[Nomsa Xaba]], [[Maurice Carpede]] and [[Onida Cowan]].
 
Staged by [[PACOFS]] at the [[Sterrewag Teater]] in October 1996, directed by [[Gerben Kamper]], with [[Nomsa Xaba]], [[Maurice Carpede]] and [[Onida Cowan]].
  
Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 M|M]]
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== Sources ==
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Theatre programme, 1989.
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 M|M]] in Plays I Original SA Plays
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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
  
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Theatre Plays]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
  
 
Return to [[Main Page]]
 
Return to [[Main Page]]

Revision as of 21:16, 11 August 2014

A play by Athol Fugard. * Full-length. Cast: mixed. The action takes place in a small Eastern Cape Karoo town in the autumn of 1984.

The original text

Published in London by Faber and Faber (1990) and in My Children! My Africa! and Selected Shorter Plays by Witwatersrand University Press (1990).


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

The Market Theatre Company's production was presented at the Baxter Theatre in October 1989, directed by Athol Fugard, starring John Kani (Mr M), Kathy-Jo Ross (Isabel Dyson), Rapulana Seiphemo (Thami Seiphemo) and children of Zolile High School. Lighting design by Mannie Manim, lighting design supervised and sound coordination by Patrick Curtis.

Staged by PACOFS at the Sterrewag Teater in October 1996, directed by Gerben Kamper, with Nomsa Xaba, Maurice Carpede and Onida Cowan.


Sources

Theatre programme, 1989.

Return to

Return to M in Plays I Original SA Plays

Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page