Island, The

Synopsis: A video resource for students studying the short play ‘The Island’ , devised in 1973 by playwright Athol Fugard and the actors John Kani and Winston Ntshona. The video is filmed on Robben Island and focuses on Dr John Kani discussing the play, its setting and relevance to post-apartheid South Africa. The video is in 6 sections: 1) the social and political context of the play; 2) from Roben Island to The Island (the significance of the mime sequence); 3) Textual questions; 4) John Kani reads from Scene 4; 5) Reading from the play by Bridge House College students; 6) The reality of Robben Island - a former prisoner’s tale.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2002
Year of production: 2002
Subjects: Drama; Literature
Keywords: apartheid; drama - contemporary; prisons; South Africa

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Notes: Trumedia supplies video tapes and DVDs to UK schools, colleges and universities and is geared up to take official orders from educational institutions. The catalogue highlights programmes likely to be of use in the curriculum, but the company can supply any video in current UK distribution, as well as some deleted titles. Particularly strong in the areas of English literature and drama, as well as history, natural history, art & artists, and foreign language films.

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