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Tue 3rd Jul at 7:45pm
London Literature Festival 2012 - Robben Island Bible
@ Southbank Centre, London
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London Literature Festival 2012 - Robben Island Bible
A copy of The Complete Works of Shakespeare smuggled into a prison is the starting point for this evening of performance and discussion.
Robben Island is the prison in which Nelson Mandela was held for 18 years, and a global symbol of the apartheid struggle. When Sonny Venkathrathnam, an inmate, smuggled in a copy of The Complete Works of Shakespeare, it became a treasure, passed between his fellow prisoners, who memorised and wrote down extracts of the work. Theatre director Matthew Hahn has turned this story into a play, featuring extracts of Shakespeare intercut with testimony of the prisoners.
This event presents extracts from the work and before the performance, Ashwan Desai gives a keynote talk based on his book Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island.
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Venue Facts
Venue: Southbank Centre
Address:
Belvedere Road
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
51.505775,
-0.116811
Website http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Train
→ London Waterloo 5 min walk
→ Waterloo International 5 min walk
→ Charing Cross 6 min walk
Tube
→ Waterloo 3 min walk
