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by CHRISTOPHER HOPE
A poem for voices which moves back and forth in time among the facts and fictions, often indistinguishable, of South
African life in general and its English-speaking settlers in particular.
It centres on two fictional South African travellers - turbanned huntress Mrs Oribi and the gloomy cafe owner Mr Silvero - and two historical colonial officials. William Hogge and Mostyn Owen , sent out to curb the British expansionist ambitions of Sir Harry Smith. with and Narrator
Producer ROSEMARY HART

Contributors

Unknown:
William Hogge
Unknown:
Mostyn Owen
Unknown:
Sir Harry Smith.
Producer:
Rosemary Hart
Mrs Oribi:
Janet Suzman
Mr Silvero:
Nigel Hawthorne
William Hogge:
Timothy West
Mostyn Owen:
Hugh Dickson
Actor:
Christopher Hope

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