The Robben Island Bible at South Africa House, April 2014
Candice Vetter of CHV TV has compiled a video of the surprise reading of
the Robben Island Bible, performed by South African born actor Jack
Klaff and British actor, Jeffrey Kissoon, the reading was performed at
South Africa House for the first time in celebration of the 20th anniversary of democracy and it was a profound moment for
all in attendance to witness it in the building that was once seen as a
bastion of the apartheid régime that is now a symbol of freedom and
hope. The Robben Island Bible is a play based on selected text from
South African Sonny Venkatrathnam's copy of ‘The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare’ & interviews with former political prisoners
held on this island prison.
