Two actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the 'Colour-bar'
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On 11 February 1962, two actors, Athol Fugard, 29, from Port Elizabeth, author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from Johannesburg arrived in Cape Town to stage a three hour play on "Colour-bar".
"The Blood Knot" was the much talked about play in South Africa which had a cast of only two characters, a White and African. The play was staged at Labia Theatre, Cape Town on the evening of 12 February 1962.