Poet, President and the Travelling Players, The

Synopsis

Television documentary. A record of the English Shakespeare Company’s touring Macbeth production in Malawi under Hasting Banda’s dictatorship. The production was directed by Michael Bogdanov and played largely in open-air spaces to a non-English speaking audience. The programme is interwoven with a portrait of Malawian poet, Jack Mapanje in exile in New York.

Series

Bookmark

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Africa; Malawi; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Open-air theatre; Touring productions

Credits

Director

John Purdie

Contributor

Michael Bogdanov

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)