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Professor Michael Dobson (Shakespeare Institute) interviews actor John Kani about growing up in South Africa under apartheid, his career and his love of Shakespeare.
Podcast, This edition features an interview with members of the Cape Town theatre troupe, Baked Shakespeare. In their productions they invite the audience to select two of the actors to continue performing...
Video recording of the the keynote address by Professor Ayanna Thompson on Shakespeare and the American minstrel tradition and productions in which actors wear dark make-up to play Othello to explore bacl...
Recording of a lecture by Ruben Espinosa (Arizona State University) on Shakespeare and contemporary social issues, followed by a 15-minute Q&A. Delivered at a conference co-hosted at Spier Wine Farm from 24...
Feature film adaptation set in modern-day South Africa. In this version both Othello and Iago are black and Emilia is white.
BBC Radio 3’s arts and ideas series offering extended interviews and debate. Marking Shakespeare’s 450th anniversary Janet Suzman talks to Philip Dodd about acting, directing and South African politics.
Six-part television drama which sets the story of Macbeth in present-day Johannesburg. It tells the story of the rise and fall of Kumkani (Skenjana) a fearless young prodigy in investment banking. When his...
This television production marked the directorial debut of Janet Suzman and was staged in her native South Africa by the Market Theatre of Johannesburg. Casting black actor John Kani in the title role, the...
A mini-series which sets the story of Romeo and Juliet during the faction fighting that brought the East Rand township of Thokoza to international attention in 1993. A Xhosa boy finds a Zulu girl but their...
Feature film. Macbeth transposed to an African tribal setting where Macbeth is a Zulu warrior. No further details known (5/2007).
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