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- Title
Prospero's African Magic: a post-colonial production of The Tempest.
- Authors
Pearce, Brian
- Abstract
Describes the post-modernist, post-colonial approach taken by the author in directing William Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" in Durban, South Africa. Development of the play's meanings out of the students' and the author's own interaction and response to the text; Performance of the play on a bare stage with no special effects; Use of a multi-racial predominantly Zulu cast; Exploration of the relationship between the character Prospero's magic and the magic of African tradition.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; STAGE adaptations; POSTCOLONIALISM &; the arts; POSTMODERNISM (Philosophy); MAGIC in literature; THEATER production &; direction; ELIZABETHAN (Literary period)
- Publication
Shakespeare in Southern Africa, 2003, Vol 15, p39
- ISSN
1011-582X
- Publication type
Literary Criticism