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Shakespeare in South Africa : stage productions during the apartheid era
- Title
- Shakespeare in South Africa : stage productions during the apartheid era / Rohan Quince.
- Author
- Quince, Rohan, 1951-
- Publication
- New York : P. Lang, ©2000.
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- Description
- 164 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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 Magosuthu 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 the dissolution of the apartheid system under the Nationalist government. Shakespeare was put to various uses either to endorse or to subvert apartheid ideology. In this study, the author analyzes a number of key productions, placing them in their social, political, and historical contexts."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Shakespeare, 1067-0823 ; vol. 9
- Uniform Title
- Studies in Shakespeare ; vol. 9.
- Subjects
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- South Africa
- Shakespeare, William
- Shakespeare, William, (1564-1616) > Mise en scène > Histoire > Afrique du Sud
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Stage history > South Africa
- South Africa > Civilization > British influences
- Théâtre > Aspect social > Afrique du Sud
- Théâtre anglais > Appréciation > Afrique du Sud
- Théâtre > Aspect politique > Afrique du Sud
- Politieke aspecten
- Toneelvoorstellingen
- Aufführung
- Civilization > British influences
- drama
- theatre
- apartheid
- Apartheid > South Africa
- Theater and society > South Africa
- Theater > Political aspects > South Africa
- English drama > Appreciation > South Africa
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. White Power on Display: Smuts and Vorster as Claudius in Afrikaans Hamlet Productions -- 2. Apartheid and Primitive Blood: Violence in Afrikaans Tragedy -- 3. Cultural Integrity and the Rise of Inkatha: Macbeth in Zulu -- 4. Assassinations, Funerals, and the Armed Struggle: The Ambiguous Lessons of Julius Caesar -- 5. Crinkles in the Carnival: Ideology in The Comedy of Errors -- 6. Sex, Power, and the Immorality Act: The Strange Case of Othello -- 7. Further Sexual Transgressions -- 8. Masters and Slaves, Rapists and Virgins: The Tempest as Colonial Paradigm.
- ISBN
- 0820440612
- 9780820440613
- LCCN
- 98026878
- OCLC
- ocm39235779
- 39235779
- SCSB-14645215
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library