Shakespeare in the World - South Africa
The role of Shakespeare in the politics of South Africa and why he still matters today.
If we think of William Shakespeare as exclusively English, we should think again. People around the world have adopted his work and made it something that speaks to their own culture. Writer and academic Nadia Davids takes us to Cape Town and Johannesburg to hear how Shakespeare has played an important role in the politics of a troubled country, and how he still matters in post-Apartheid South Africa.
(Photo: A man carries a volume of Shakespeare's complete works. Credit: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Thu 12 May 201601:06GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Thu 12 May 201602:06GMTBBC World Service Online & UK DAB/Freeview only
- Thu 12 May 201603:06GMTBBC World Service East Asia
- Thu 12 May 201604:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia & South Asia only
- Thu 12 May 201606:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa
- Thu 12 May 201614:06GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Thu 12 May 201621:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & News Internet
- Sat 14 May 201602:32GMTBBC World Service East Asia, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 14 May 201619:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sun 15 May 201609:06GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
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