An intellectual history of considerable subtlety and richness...lucid and richly suggestive...beautifully written' - Professor Karin Barber, University of Birmingham Two case studies constitute the core around which this intriguing story of the development of black theatre in South Africa in the early years of the 20th century is woven. The first centres on the work of the Mariannhill Mission in Natal and the second on the Bantu Dramatic Society.'