Zakes Mokae theatre 1980s

Mokae continues his film and theatre career simultaneously, and acts in a number of Fugard plays.
Yordan Radichkov	Attempt at Flying 1980
	Performed at the Yale Repertory Company. Any more information is welcome.
Athol Fugard	A Lesson from Aloes 1980, 1981
	First performed in 1978 the play was written in the 1960s. Fugard directed the premiere in Johannesburg. He directed Zakes Mokae and James Earl Jones in the play (Mokae as understudy). In 1981 Fugard directed Maria Tucci, Harris Yulin and Zakes Mokae at the Playhouse Theatre. The play seems to start off as a domestic drama with husband and wife Piet and Gladys expecting visitors. Piet´s life was changed when he joined a political demonstration, but now he is suspected of being a police informer. The visitor Steve is an activist but he is giving up his politics to go into exile. They meet to say goodbye. But Gladys has her own torments.
Athol Fugard	Master Harold...and the Boys 1982
	Based on a childhood incident when Fugard spat at a servant. The play, from 1982, was rated number 50 on the Royal National Theatre´s most significant plays of the twentieth century. Mokae played Sam in the premiere at Yale in 1982 and received a Tony award for his performance. He also starred in the film version. Danny Glover is Willie and Lonny Price is Hally. "Master Harold's conclusion is one of the most powerful that Broadway has experienced in many seasons, and the play itself is alternately funny and incisive, never less than absorbing. The performances of Mokae, Glover and Price, under the author's direction, are virtually flawless". The quote is by Catherine Hughes in Plays and Players, July 1982. The photo is from the same magazine. The photo below shows Danny Glover and Zakes Mokae. From Theatre Winter 1982.
Athol Fugard	Blood Knot 1985
	Fugard rewrote his early success (with a slight name change), bringing it to a manageable performance length. This 25th anniversary revival was again staged with Fugard and Mokae to great success all over the world. The cartoon of Mokae and Fugard is from the Hirschfeld archive- click on the image for the link.
Alexandre Dumas	The Count of Monte Cristo 1985
	A stage version of Alexandre Dumas´ novel directed by Peter Sellars by the American National Theater. It ran between 9 May and 22 Jun 1985. Richard Thomas, Roscoe Lee Browne, Patti LuPone and Michael O'Keefe acted alongside Zakes Mokae. Mokae played M. Gerard de Villefort. "The casting of Zakes Mokae, an actor closely associated with the plays of Athol Fugard, brought to The Count of Monte Cristo a sense that the drama might reflect the present situation in South Africa". Quotation from www.donshewey.com/theater_articles/peter_sellars.htm .
Athol Fugard	Boesman and Lena 1985
	Boesman and Lena revisited, this time directed by Mokae at Centerstage, Baltimore.