The Pain

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The Pain has been used as the title for two South African dramatic works:

The Pain by Pauline Smith (1884-1959)

The original text

A dramatised version of a short story by this name, originally written by South African novelist Pauline Smith and adapted adapted for the stage by

Performances

1981: Performed at the Baxter Theatre, featuring Yvonne Bryceland.

Sources

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.


The Pain by Emily Tseu (1972-)

The orignal text

Her debut play, it was workshopped, with the help of Percy Mtwa, as part of the Windybrow Arts Festival in 1998

Performances

1998: First staged in March at the Windybrow Arts Festival, directed by Jerry Raletebele, with Emily Tseu, Betty Maretele and Tanine Pelle.

1998: Staged in July in the Adcock-Ingram Auditorium at the Windybrow Arts Centre, directed by Percy Mtwa, with Emily Tseu, Betty Maretele, Nthabiseng Pulumo, Ntombi Buthelezi.

Sources

Philip Kakaza 1998. Woza Percy! in Mail & Guardian 17 July 1998[1]

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