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'''Sipho "Sharkie" Mguqulwa''' (19**-). Actor. | '''Sipho "Sharkie" Mguqulwa''' (19**-). Actor. | ||
| − | Sharkie was a member of the [[Serpent Players]]. He was to have played "Haemon" in ''[[Antigone]]'' but he was falsely accused of various political offences, summarily tried, found guilty and sent to Robben Island [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robben_Island] for 20 years. [[John Kani]], a newly arrived factory worker in Port Elizabeth, was chosen as his replacement. | + | Sharkie was a member of the [[Serpent Players]]. He was to have played "Haemon" in ''[[Antigone (by Sophocles)]]'' in 1965 but he was falsely accused of various political offences, summarily tried, found guilty and sent to Robben Island [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robben_Island] for 20 years. [[John Kani]], a newly arrived factory worker in Port Elizabeth, was chosen as his replacement. |
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 6 February 2017
Sipho "Sharkie" Mguqulwa (19**-). Actor.
Sharkie was a member of the Serpent Players. He was to have played "Haemon" in Antigone (by Sophocles) in 1965 but he was falsely accused of various political offences, summarily tried, found guilty and sent to Robben Island [1] for 20 years. John Kani, a newly arrived factory worker in Port Elizabeth, was chosen as his replacement.
Sources
Eastern Province Herald, 6 June 2006.
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