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A sound recording of uMabatha, the Zulu version of Macbeth with music and dance staged as part of Peter Daubeny’s World Theatre Season at the Aldwych Theatre, London. Cast: Bayeza Abangoma, Wathukuthel,...
A Zulu version of Macbeth incorporating music and dance. ‘Shakespeare’s Macbeth was chosen by Welcome Msomi as perfect source material on which to base a Zulu adaptation, as it seemed ‘almost a carbon...
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 directed by Minky Schlesinger derived from the 2008 television mini-series broadcast by SABC1 which sets the story of Romeo and Juliet during the faction fighting that brought the East Rand...
Feature film. Macbeth transposed to an African tribal setting where Macbeth is a Zulu warrior. No further details known (5/2007).
Arts review series. The first item reports on a Zulu production of Macbeth staged as part of Peter Daubeny’s World Theatre Season at the Aldwych Theatre, London. The play is uMabatha by Welcome Msomi. (See...
Mini-series reworking King Lear and set in the lucrative coal distribution industry of Richards Bay. It depicts the lives of two families torn apart by jealousy, greed and deception and incorporates the...
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...
A mini-series based on Macbeth in which the character of King Duncan is transformed into the Rain Queen, the sister of Macbeth (Prince Matlatladiane). When Prince Matlatladiane returns victorious with...
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