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The play uses techniques of multiple roleplay, caricature, flashbacks and revolutionary songs to show the radicalization of a young nurse Nyamezo. | The play uses techniques of multiple roleplay, caricature, flashbacks and revolutionary songs to show the radicalization of a young nurse Nyamezo. | ||
| − | Published (as ''[[Umongikazi/The Nurse]]'') in ''[[Four Plays]]'' is a collection of dramatic works, edited by Zakes Mda ( | + | Published (as ''[[Umongikazi/The Nurse]]'') in ''[[Four Plays]]'' is a collection of dramatic works, edited by [[Zakes Mda]] (1996) |
Published (as ''[[Umongikazi: The Nurse]]'') in ''[[Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' (1999). | Published (as ''[[Umongikazi: The Nurse]]'') in ''[[Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' (1999). | ||
Revision as of 10:04, 8 April 2024
Umongikazi: The Nurse is a play by Maishe Maponya (1951-2021).
The original text
The play uses techniques of multiple roleplay, caricature, flashbacks and revolutionary songs to show the radicalization of a young nurse Nyamezo.
Published (as Umongikazi/The Nurse) in Four Plays is a collection of dramatic works, edited by Zakes Mda (1996)
Published (as Umongikazi: The Nurse) in Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays (1999).
Performance history in South Africa
1982: Produced at the Market Theatre, starring Gcina Mhlophe.
Sources
Theatre programme held by NELM: [Collection: MAPONYA, Maishe]: 2012. 332. 1. 5.
Andile Xaba. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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