Boot Dance, The
By Edgar Nkosi White
Year staged: 1984
Opening night: 09/07/1984
Theatre Company: Temba Theatre Company; 1972
Staged in: The Tricycle Theatre, latterly The Kiln Theatre
Cast Size: 4
Synopsis
The play follows the disintegration and slow recovery of a young South African boot dancer who, after ten years alone in England suddenly suffers a mental breakdown. It traces the relationship between Lazarus Mphele, an exiled South African dancer, a cynical West Indian guard named Gibbs, and Janette, a mixed-race teenager who once tried to murder her
violent father.
Original Cast
Lionel Taylor
Dr Adder
Jason Rose
Gibbs
Amanda Symonds
Janette
Alton Kumalo
Lazarus
Lionel Taylor
Dr Adder
Jason Rose
Gibbs
Amanda Symonds
Janette
Alton Kumalo
Lazarus
Production Team
Alby James
Director
Sarah-Jane McClelland
Designer
Dick Bloxidge
Lighting
Alby James
Director
Sarah-Jane McClelland
Designer
Dick Bloxidge
Lighting
Additional Materials
Production Photographs
Ref: THM/317/5/1/54
V&A Theatre and Performance Collection
Press and Publicity Management File
Ref: THM/317/4/3/68
V&A Theatre and Performance Collection
Newsletter
Ref: BCA/Ephemera/79
Black Cultural Archives