The Cure

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The Cure is a play by Athol Fugard and the Serpent Players. An adaptation of La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli, to a township setting in the Eastern Cape.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

First performed in New Brighton *****.

Performed by the Serpent Players, including John Kani, Winston Ntshona and Nomhle Nkonyeni in Grahamstown in September 1971.

Sources

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