Shakespeare in South Africa : Stage Productions During the Apartheid Era
by
Rohan Quince
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Shakespeare
ISBN-10
0820440612
ISBN-13
9780820440613
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 14th, 2000
Print length
164 Pages
Weight
370 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 23.60 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Theatre studiesLiterary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
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In 1946, Prime Minister Jan Smuts was impressed by a Coloured production of The Tempest. In 1971, President C. R. Swart nearly walked out of an Africanized Afrikaans version of King Lear. In 1975, Kwazulu Chief Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi was inspired by a Zulu Macbeth. How did Shakespeare’s plays intersect with South African history during the apartheid era? Rohan Quince briefly traces the theatrical history of Shakespeare in South Africa, focusing mainly on productions between 1946 and 1993, a period that saw first the tightening and finally dissolution of the apartheid system under the Nationalist government. Shakespeare was put to various uses to either endorse or subvert apartheid ideology. In this illuminating study, the author analyzes a number of key productions, placing them in their social, political, and historical contexts.
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