ZAKES MDA (1948 - )
| Nationality: | South African |
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Plays by Zakes Mda
And The Girls In Their Sunday Dresses |
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| 1st Published: | in And the Girls in their Sunday Dresses, Witwatersrand University Press, Johhanesburg | 1993 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
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At Dawn We Sing |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: revisits the absurdist elements of The Road and questions the sacrifice of the artist's integrity to materialistic capitalism | ||||
Dark Voices Ring |
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| 1st Published: | in The Plays of Zakes Mda, Ravan Press, Johhanesburg | 1990 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Dead End |
| 1st Produced: | Johhanesburg | 1979 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in The Plays of Zakes Mda, Ravan Press, Johhanesburg | 1990 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
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Hill, The |
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| 1st Published: | in The Plays of Zakes Mda, Ravan Press, Johhanesburg | 1990 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 7 characters | |||
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Synopsis: racial segregation through specific themes : self-delusion and moral turpitude | ||||
Joys Of War |
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| 1st Published: | in And the Girls in their Sunday Dresses, Witwatersrand University Press, Johhanesburg | 1993 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
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Road, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1984 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in The Plays of Zakes Mda, Ravan Press, Johhanesburg | 1990 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
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| Parts Other: | 2 characters | |||
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Synopsis: Koekemoer and Labourer engage in paralllel dialectics with no real understanding of each other, yet their one moment of convergence and understanding over Lucy ends in tragedy. | ||||
Smouldering |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Synopsis: furthers the debate on police harassment, class tensions and the choice between passive resistance and armed struggle in black communities | ||||
We Shall Sing For The Fatherland |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1978 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Ravan Press, Johhanesburg | 1980 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
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Synopsis: investigates neocolonialism in Independent African countries | ||||