Othello and apartheid - for iPod/iPhone

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

    Othello

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2011 2:31


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

    Transcript -- Othello

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

    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.

    Transcript -- Breaking Racial Taboos

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

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