Maishe maponya biography of albert einstein

Maishe Maponya (). Playwright, poet, lecturer, actor and director.

Biography

Born Isaiah Maishe Maponya, the son of a painter in Alexandra township, on 1 September in Alexandra.

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When Maishe was 11, the family was forcibly removed to Diepkloof under the Apartheid laws, where he was then educated. He became an insurance clerk and began writing for the theatre in

He completed a masters degree in Theatre Studies at Leeds University and became a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department in *.

In he was appointed Director of Arts and Culture, with the Department of Arts, Culture, Technology and Science.

Maponya passed away on 29 July, , after a long battle with cancer.

Biography of albert einstein summary Playwright, poet, lecturer, actor and director. Writing in Contemporary Dramatists, a contributor noted, "The playwright tries to assault the reader with knife blade images of the experiences of several classes of workers and other artistic professions straining against the strictures and structures of white-controlled establishments that were draconically manipulated to deny black South Africans maximum participation, career advancement, and self-fulfillment. A Contemporary Dramatists contributor noted, "By shifting the emphasis from the poet's death to the process of his death, the playwright succeeds in presenting Rasecheba's tormentors as professional homicides who for once are embattled with guilt, thus giving the work a near tragic impetus. Anthony O'Brien, writing in the Theatre Journal, quoted Maponya as saying that "women have long symbolized the strength of our movement, refusing to break under the yoke of oppression and sacrificing their very lives for liberation.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

In he founded the Bahumutsi Drama Group of Soweto, thenceforth writing and producing his plays for them. During the s the plays were also performed at the Market Theatre, and in The Hungry Earth (now directed by Ian Steadman) played at the National Theatre in London as a platform performance, and subsequently toured Britain and Germany along with Umongikazi.

Harrassed and intimidated by security police during the Apartheid years, he was refused a passport in to accompany his plays abroad.

As playwright

Maponya writes serious political theatre, and calls his plays “theatre of the dispossessed”, believing that theatre is one of the most dynamic ways of raising the consciousness of Black people in South Africa.

Maishe maponya biography of albert einstein scientist The young Einstein also took music lessons, playing both violin and piano; stoking a passion for music that he maintained throughout his life. Mapplethorpe, Robert — In Umongikazi the title means "The Nurse" , Maponya looks at black nurses who are mistreated by their white hospital administrators with little opportunity for advancement. Maples, Marla — Marla Maples Trump.

His plays include:

The Cry ()

Peace and Forgive ()

The Hungry Earth ()

Umongikazi: The Nurse ()

Dirty Work ()

Gangsters ()

Busang Meropa ()

Return the Drum (19**)

Jika

A collection of Maponya's plays was published in Doing Plays for a Change in

As director

Besides often directing his own work, he also directed plays by other writers, such as by Trevor Rhone's Two Can Play () and in Place of the Rock – How The Land Was Taken (a one man play, based on the writings of Sol T.

Plaatje).

Awards, etc

In 19** he was awarded a British Council scholarship and visited Britain to observe theatre, including a visit to the Edinburgh Festival.

In he won the Standard Bank Young Artist’s Award for Drama at the Standard Bank National Arts Festival

Sources

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Steadman, 19**,

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"Maishe Maponya – The sound and spirit of resistance", City Press 1 August, [1]

Andile Xaba. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (–)'.

Maishe maponya biography of albert einstein During the s the plays were also performed at the Market Theatre , and in The Hungry Earth now directed by Ian Steadman played at the National Theatre in London as a platform performance, and subsequently toured Britain and Germany along with Umongikazi. Learn more about citation styles Citation styles Encyclopedia. Mapocho River. Nuclear Technology.

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Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

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