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The Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa
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The [[Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa]] grew out of the Festival. Its formation was suggested by Johannesburg journalist [[Joe Podbrey]], in discussion following a Winter School lecture by [[Muriel Bradbrook]] during the [[Shakespeare Festival]] of 1984. The Society was inaugurated at the Festival the following year, with the late [[Guy Butler]] as President, and has small branches in many of the major centres.
  
 
The Shakespeare Society strives to serve the interests of a wide variety of sectors, from school pupils, students and teachers, to ordinary Shakespeare enthusiasts, academics, theatrical people and cultural workers. The aim is to help people enjoy themselves through theatrical and intellectual exploration focused on Shakespeare, with particular attention to his 'after-life' in Southern Africa.
 
The Shakespeare Society strives to serve the interests of a wide variety of sectors, from school pupils, students and teachers, to ordinary Shakespeare enthusiasts, academics, theatrical people and cultural workers. The aim is to help people enjoy themselves through theatrical and intellectual exploration focused on Shakespeare, with particular attention to his 'after-life' in Southern Africa.
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It also publishes the annual journal ''[[Shakespeare in Southern Africa]]''.  
 
It also publishes the annual journal ''[[Shakespeare in Southern Africa]]''.  
  
The Society is a project of the Grahamstown Foundation. Administrative facilities and editorial assistance for the Journal are supplied by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA) at Rhodes University.
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The Society is a project of the [[Grahamstown Foundation]]. Administrative facilities and editorial assistance for the Journal are supplied by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA) at Rhodes University.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
The Society Website[http://www.ru.ac.za/shakespearesociety/journal/]
 
The Society Website[http://www.ru.ac.za/shakespearesociety/journal/]
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https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Criticism/shakespearein/sa4/index.html
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

Revision as of 16:20, 26 April 2026

The Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa grew out of the Festival. Its formation was suggested by Johannesburg journalist Joe Podbrey, in discussion following a Winter School lecture by Muriel Bradbrook during the Shakespeare Festival of 1984. The Society was inaugurated at the Festival the following year, with the late Guy Butler as President, and has small branches in many of the major centres.

The Shakespeare Society strives to serve the interests of a wide variety of sectors, from school pupils, students and teachers, to ordinary Shakespeare enthusiasts, academics, theatrical people and cultural workers. The aim is to help people enjoy themselves through theatrical and intellectual exploration focused on Shakespeare, with particular attention to his 'after-life' in Southern Africa.

It also publishes the annual journal Shakespeare in Southern Africa.

The Society is a project of the Grahamstown Foundation. Administrative facilities and editorial assistance for the Journal are supplied by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA) at Rhodes University.

Sources

The Society Website[1]

https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Criticism/shakespearein/sa4/index.html

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