E80- SHAKESPEARE In South AFrica: Now and Then

A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS THURMAN

In this Short Fuse conversation, Chris Thurman, a Shakespeare scholar and professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, talks with Elizabeth Howard about Shakespeare. Were his plays part of the colonial apparatus to impose British culture in South Africa, or a means of liberation? How is Shakespeare considered, discussed, and performed in a post-colonial, post-apartheid country? Did you know that there are published translations of Shakespeare's plays into at least eight of the twelve official South African languages?

The Short Fuse Podcast  hosted by Elizabeth Howard, are conversations with artists, writers, musicians, and others who have a lens on contemporary thought and stir us to seek change. Through their art, music, performances, and singular vision they lead us through the social and environmental transformations sweeping across the globe. Gerald Kent, a musician and audio engineer based in Cape Town, South Africa, is the producer of the Short Fuse..

“Artists are here to disturb the peace.” James Baldwin.

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