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Based on the South African inquest into the death in prison of the black leader Steve Biko. Originally written for the stage as The Biko Inquest and published by Rex Collings, London, 1978. First performed at the Theatre Four, Off Broadway, New York in 1978, directed by Blair and Fenton, and starring Fritz Weaver and Philip Bosco. Produced by Wole Soyinka, who both directed and acted in the play, in Ile-Ife, 1978 First produced in the UK at the Riverside Theatre, London, in 1984, with Albert Finney Albert Finney). The Jon Blair and Norman Fenton text was adapted for television, directed by and starring Albert Finney Albert Finney) and broadcast in 1984/5. A South African adaptation by Saira Essa and Charles Pillai, called Steve Biko: The Inquest, brought on by a controversy about South African performing rights. Based on the Blair/Fenton text but referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments she had already made. Published and performed in 1985.
Softcover. English. Thorold's Africana Book, Johannesburg. 19851. 100 pp with black & white photographs. Fair/good, some pages loosening lightly die to the bind. Cover clean, clean inside. Book No: 2505963