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Janet Suzman |
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Janet Suzman
Royal Shakespeare Company veteran Janet Suzman discusses her early years with the company, including her daunting audition for for Peter Hall, John Barton and Peter Brook; her repertory roles of Portia, Rosalind and Ophelia; opening the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in The Taming of the Shrew; and her career defining role as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra. She also discusses her upbringing in cultural limited Johannesburg, South Africa; her student years at a highly politicized university where she began an interest in theatre because that's where she found the best parties; her decision to "get the hell out" of South Africa and its position as "a hectic in her blood" calling her back; her early exposure to theatre upon her move to London, including West Side Story, Paul Scofield in King Lear and Vanessa Redgrave in As You Like It; her early work at the Library Theatre in Manchester alongside Patrick Stewart; her professional return to South Africa for the opening of the integrated Market Theatre; her decision to become a director after deciding that John Kani needed to play Othello under the apartheid government; her experience doing comedy in the West End in Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig; and her recent return to Antony and Cleopatra as a director, leading Kim Cattrall into her former role.
Original air date - March 30, 2011
Running Time - 57:46
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