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Playscripts for schools now available in isiZulu, isiXhosa and Afrikaans

October 29, 2019 Chris T
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Participants in the Shakespeare Schools Festival (SSF-SA) make use of condensed 30-minute versions of Shakespeare’s plays. SSF-SA commissioned the translation of a number of these scripts into isiZulu, isiXhosa and Afrikaans. The texts were carefully edited by a panel of language experts working with the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa, and we are delighted to announce that the following plays are now available for downloading as PDFs:

  • U-Juliyasi Kesari (isiZulu)

  • U-Othello (isiZulu)

  • U-Mekhibhethi (isiZulu)

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (isiZulu)

  • The Tempest (isiXhosa)

  • uRomeo noJuliet (isiXhosa / English)

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (isiXhosa / English)

  • Macbeth (Afrikaans)

  • Die Storm (Afrikaans)

For more information about the translation of Shakespeare’s plays into South African languages, check out this brief history.

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