Othello and apartheid - for iPad/Mac/PC

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Can a play written in the seventeenth century protest against contemporary issues? Is it possible to use a Shakespearian tragedy draw attention to political injustice? Apartheid was a system of enforced legal racial segregation in South Africa that was imposed on the country's majority non white in…

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  • Oct 4, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
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The play as a metaphor

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011 2:15


Janet Suzman explains how she used a 400 year old play to bring attention to contemporary issues.

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Transcript -- The play as a metaphor

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011


Transcript -- Janet Suzman explains how she used a 400 year old play to bring attention to contemporary issues.

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Othello

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011 2:31


The character of Othello represents the ‘other’, the foundation of racial prejudices.

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Transcript -- Othello

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011


Transcript -- The character of Othello represents the ‘other’, the foundation of racial prejudices.

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Breaking Racial Taboos

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011 6:33


Janet Suzman decided to go ahead with the controversial physical aspect of Othello and Desdemona’s interracial relationship.

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Transcript -- Breaking Racial Taboos

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011


Transcript -- Janet Suzman decided to go ahead with the controversial physical aspect of Othello and Desdemona’s interracial relationship.

love nazi othello venetian soliloquy transcript janet suzman

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