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Additional authors

1. Fishman, Alan H
2. Campbell, William I
3. Hopkins, Karen Brooks
4. Melillo, Joseph V
5. Fugard, Athol
6. Kani, John
7. Kani, John
8. Ntshona, Winston
9. Ntshona, Winston
10. Manim, Mannie
11. Knight, Martha
12. Brooklyn Academy of Music, producer
13. Royal National Theatre (Great Britain), producer
14. Market Theatre (Johannesburg, South Africa), producer
15. Character Generators/Video

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (90 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Set on Robben Island, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean about seven miles from Cape Town, South Africa, that was used during the Apartheid era as a maximum security prison for African political offenders. Two convicts stage their own version of Sophocles' tragedy Antigone.

Subject

1. Sophocles > Antigone
2. Prisons > South Africa > Drama
3. South Africa > Drama
4. Apartheid > South Africa > Drama
5. South Africa > Prisoners and prisons > Drama
6. Theater > Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
7. Drama
8. Theater > New York (State) > New York
9. South Africa > Race relations > Drama
10. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > Brooklyn > 2001-2010

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 2800

Note

1. "The Company wishes to thank Peter Brook for his assistance in the restaging of this production"--Program.

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Credits (note)

1. Lighting design by Mannie Manim ; stage manager, Martha Knight.

Performer (note)

1. Featuring John Kani and Winston Ntshona.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., April 9, 2003.

Biography (note)

1. The island was first staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1974, featuring John Kani and Winston Ntshona.

Title

1. The island [videorecording] / Brooklyn Academy of Music, Alan H. Fishman, chairman of the board, William I. Campbell, vice chairman of the board, Karen Brooks Hopkins, president, Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer, presents The Royal National Theatre and The Market Theatre of Johannesburg production ; [written] by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona ; originally directed by Athol Fugard ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc.

Imprint

1. Brooklyn, c2003.

Access

1. Permission required.

Credits

1. Lighting design by Mannie Manim ; stage manager, Martha Knight.

Performer

1. Featuring John Kani and Winston Ntshona.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., April 9, 2003.

Biography

1. The island was first staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1974, featuring John Kani and Winston Ntshona.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Local subject

1. Theater -- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Added author

1. Fishman, Alan H, producer.
2. Campbell, William I, producer.
3. Hopkins, Karen Brooks, producer.
4. Melillo, Joseph V, producer.
5. Fugard, Athol. Island.
6. Kani, John.
7. Kani, John, actor.
8. Ntshona, Winston.
9. Ntshona, Winston, actor.
10. Manim, Mannie, lighting designer.
11. Knight, Martha, stage manager.
12. Brooklyn Academy of Music, producer.
13. Royal National Theatre (Great Britain), producer.
14. Market Theatre (Johannesburg, South Africa), producer.
15. Character Generators/Video.

Research call number

1. NCOV 2800