David Schalkwyk on the Robben Island Shakespeare
- Alternative title
- Cowards die Many Times Before Their Deaths, The Valiant Never Taste of Death but Once
- Synopsis
- Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. While Nelson Mandela was incarcerated on South Africa’s Robben Island, one of the other political prisoners managed to retain a copy of Shakespeare’s complete works, which was secretly circulated through the group. At that prisoner’s request, many of the othersincluding Mandelasigned their names next to their favourite passages. Shakespeare scholar David Schalkwyk, also a South African, explains to interviewer Rebecca Sheir, there is something special about "a book that had passed through the hands of the people who had saved my country." Schalkwyk shares some personal history and reveals what Shakespeare might have meant to the men who signed the Robben Island Shakespeare.
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Audio
- Recording date
- 2014
- Duration
- 20 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Richard Paul
- Contributor
- David Schalkwyk; Rebecca Sheir
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- prisoners; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-1 (accessed 2/2015)
Production Company
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "David Schalkwyk on the Robben Island Shakespeare". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av76481 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)