Othello and apartheid - for iPad/Mac/PC

Othello and apartheid - for iPad/Mac/PC

The Open University

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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 inhabitants by the minority white population. In 1988 actress and director Janet Suzman took the decision to defy the racist apartheid regime by staging ...Read More
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The play as a metaphor

05 Oct 2011 | 02 mins 15 secs

The play as a metaph...

05 Oct 2011 | 02 mins 15 secs

Othello

05 Oct 2011 | 02 mins 31 secs

Othello

05 Oct 2011 | 02 mins 31 secs

Breaking Racial Taboos

05 Oct 2011 | 06 mins 33 secs

Breaking Racial Tabo...

05 Oct 2011 | 06 mins 33 secs

The play as a metaphor

05 Oct 2011 | 02 mins 15 secs

The play as a metaph...

05 Oct 2011 | 02 mins 15 secs

Othello

05 Oct 2011 | 02 mins 31 secs

Othello

05 Oct 2011 | 02 mins 31 secs

Breaking Racial Taboos

05 Oct 2011 | 06 mins 33 secs

Breaking Racial Tabo...

05 Oct 2011 | 06 mins 33 secs