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Gertrude Webster Kamkwatira

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95:. In an interview in 2003, she said that she would normally spend one or two days writing a play, then continue working on it for a further three weeks. Next she would discuss it with an editor before presenting it to the cast. Each actor should then read and understand the play as the first step in the rehearsal process. 256: 342: 337: 307: 332: 327: 181: 221: 137: 76:. Positions she held included President of the National Theatre Association of Malawi and Chairperson of the Copyright Society of Malawi. 68:
Kamkwatira was born in about 1966. She became director of the Wakhumbata Ensemble Theatre in 1999 after the death of its founder,
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Magalasi, Mufunanji (2008). "Malawian Popular Commercial Stage Drama: Origins, Challenges and Growth".
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at the age of 40, in 2006. She was buried at her home in Lisungwi, Neno district.
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Her acting career began when there were not many women performers in
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Beyond the barricades: a collection of contemporary Malawian plays
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Kamkwatira wrote about thirteen plays in English, including
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Index

Malawian
Du Chisiza
AIDS
Malawi
malaria
A History of Theatre in Africa
ISBN
978-1-139-45149-9
John Chirwa, Tracing Du Chisiza's children, The Nation (Malawi), 29 December 2015
"African Books Collective: Beyond the Barricades"
the original
Shakespeare in and Out of Africa
ISBN
978-1-84701-080-3
Beyond the barricades: a collection of contemporary Malawian plays


Die Welt, 6 April 2012, Theater Konstanz zeigt malawisches Stück


JSTOR
25065277
Categories
Malawian dramatists and playwrights
1966 births
2006 deaths
Malawian actresses
20th-century Malawian writers
21st-century Malawian writers
20th-century Malawian women writers

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