The Maria, Young Vic, London: Can a play transcend both the circumstances of its original creation and the memory of its original creators? Sizwe Banzi is Dead was devised by John Kani, Winston Ntshona and playwright Athol Fugard in apartheid-era South Africa in 1972. International runs, from London's Royal Court and the West End to Broadway, followed. Kani and Ntshona both won Tony awards for their performances…
SOURCE: The Stage at 07:12AM on February 14, 2014