Boot Dance, The
By Edgar Nkosi WhiteSetting:
Set in a British mental asylum
No. acts:
2
Cast total:
4
Male cast:
3
Female cast:
1
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 |
Production Team:
| Alby James | Director |
| Sarah-Jane McClelland | Designer |
| Dick Bloxidge | Lighting |
Publications
| Title | Year | Publisher | NT Library |
|---|
Assets
| Type | Code |
|---|---|
| NT audio recording of Act 1 Scene 3 | BBPA/3/1/52 |
| Newsletter | Black Cultural Archives, Ephemera/79 |