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== Subject ==
 
== Subject ==
A look at corruption in government, pretentious, self-important cabinet ministers and a democracy that degenerates into dictatorship in a fictitious African country. Described as “a cutting political satire on the antics of a post-revolutionary government that is intentionally close to home … full of sly reference to the new elite and their round table manners.” (''Sunday Times'', 5 February 1995)
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First staged a year after the first democratic elections in South Africa, this play deals head-on with the political challenges that face a new democracy. It takes a look at corruption in government, pretentious, self-important cabinet ministers and a democracy that degenerates into dictatorship in a fictitious African country. Described as “a cutting political satire on the antics of a post-revolutionary government that is intentionally close to home … full of sly reference to the new elite and their round table manners.” (''Sunday Times'', 5 February 1995)
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The full text published in the collection ''[[Fools, Bells and the Habit of Eating: Three Satires]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] (2002).
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Premièred at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] in February 1995, directed by [[Peter Se-Puma]], with [[Anton Dekker]], [[Gamakhulu Diniso]], [[Ernest Ndlovu]], [[Theresa Iglish]], [[Themba Ndaba]] and [[Darrell Rosen]].
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Premièred at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] in February 1995, directed by [[Peter Se-Puma]], with [[Anton Dekker]], [[Gamakhulu Diniso]], [[Ernest Ndlovu]], [[Theresa Iglich]], [[Themba Ndaba]] and [[Darrell Rosen]]. The same production was staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1995.
 
 
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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See: [Van Heerden (2008)][http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.sun.ac.za%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10019.1%2F1443%2Fvanheerden_theatre_2008.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=_egBU77CNYWJhQeE5oCADQ&usg=AFQjCNEWnD1BzeLnFmOV2tvyGLoMyNeT6Q&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms]. p 194.
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[[Zakes Mda]]. 2002. ''[[Fools, Bells and the Habit of Eating: Three Satires]]'',  [[Wits University Press]].
  
  

Latest revision as of 06:42, 16 April 2024

by Zakes Mda (1995). Published in Fools, Bells & the Habit of Eating by Wits University Press.

Subject

First staged a year after the first democratic elections in South Africa, this play deals head-on with the political challenges that face a new democracy. It takes a look at corruption in government, pretentious, self-important cabinet ministers and a democracy that degenerates into dictatorship in a fictitious African country. Described as “a cutting political satire on the antics of a post-revolutionary government that is intentionally close to home … full of sly reference to the new elite and their round table manners.” (Sunday Times, 5 February 1995)

The full text published in the collection Fools, Bells and the Habit of Eating: Three Satires by Wits University Press (2002).

Performance history in South Africa

Premièred at the Windybrow Theatre in February 1995, directed by Peter Se-Puma, with Anton Dekker, Gamakhulu Diniso, Ernest Ndlovu, Theresa Iglich, Themba Ndaba and Darrell Rosen. The same production was staged at the Grahamstown Festival in 1995.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

See: [Van Heerden (2008)][1]. p 194.

Zakes Mda. 2002. Fools, Bells and the Habit of Eating: Three Satires, Wits University Press.


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