Podcasts by Othello and apartheid - for iPad/Mac/PC
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
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Transcript -- The play as a metaphor from 2011-10-05T05:38:18
Janet Suzman explains how she used a 400 year old play to bring attention to contemporary issues.
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Transcript -- Othello from 2011-10-05T05:37:18
The character of Othello represents the ‘other’, the foundation of racial prejudices.
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Transcript -- Breaking Racial Taboos from 2011-10-05T05:36:18
Transcript -- 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 from 2011-10-05T05:36:18
Transcript -- 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 from 2011-10-05T05:36:18
Janet Suzman decided to go ahead with the controversial physical aspect of Othello and Desdemona’s interracial relationship.
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