Sizwe Banzi is Dead
Lyttelton, National Theatre, London 21 March to 4 April 2007
In 1972, when collaboration between black and white actors
was the exception rather than the rule, playwright Athol Fugard and the actors
John Kani and Winston Ntshona came together to create this gripping drama.
More than 30 years on from the first performance and subsequent tour of South
Africa, the UK and USA, this watershed play comes to the NT for a limited
run. This follows the success of The Island in 2000 with the same cast.
‘There’s a new generation out there that simply must see this
superb production with two of South Africa’s theatre legends … to
call this production “spellbinding” or “riveting” wouldn’t
come close’
Cape Times
‘The play succeeds not only in its sharp observation of the period
but on the universal level of the common man’s struggle in his daily
life’
The Citizen
‘A powerful blow to the heart’
Business Day, Cape Town
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