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Right from the outset a latter-day griot (African musician-entertainer) addresses the audience with his tale of a great love story, that of Matilda and Philemon in Sophiatown.
One morning when Philemon comes home from work earlier than usual, his life falls to pieces. He finds Matilda in bed with another man. The lover flees naked out the window, leaving his grey suit behind on a chair. Philemon will have his revenge. The suit, that telltale trace of her infidelity, will be the pivotal element on which will hang the fate of Matilda, victim of a husband mad with love and jealousy.
BY CAN THEMBA ADAPTED BY MOTHOBI MUTLOATSE AND BARNEY SIMON FRENCH ADAPTATION BY MARIE-HÉLÈNE ESTIENNE DIRECTED BY PETER BROOK COPRODUCTION C.I.C.T., THÉÂTRE DES BOUFFES DU NORD, THÉÂTRE VIDY-LAUSANNE ETE, RURHFESTSPIELE, RECKLINGHAUSEN, PRIX EUROPE POUR LE THÉÂTRE, TAORMINA-SICILE, BOLOGNE ET MODENE, BOLOGNE 2000, THÉÂTRE NATIONAL, LUXEMBOURG AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF L’ADAMI PERFORMED BY PRINCESS ERIK, BAKARY SANGARÉ, MAMADOU FOMBA, CYRIL GUEI
