The Ugly Noonoo
comic satire written by Andrew Buckland
Contents
The original text
A one-person play about the Parktown Prawn as a metaphor for humanity's fear and how that fear compounds itself by robbing us of our ability to communicate.
Published in More Market Plays by AD Donker.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1988: First performede Upstairs at the Market on 16 August 1988, directed by Janet Buckland and performed by Andrew Buckland. Winner Fleur du Cap Award for Best New Indigenous Script 1989.
1989: Performed at the Baxter Studio on 1 March 1989.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Baxter Theatre pamphlet
List of photographs taken by Ruphin Coudyzer of Andrew Buckland productions.
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