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(19 Apr 2001) SHOTLIST(including transcript):- 1. One of three witches walks on stage with steaming cauldron 2. Various of witches dancing around cauldron 3. SOT Welcome Msomi, director - "So the more I looked and read Julius Cesar, Macbeth, I found that the similarities were there. It was a culture, you know, of a people who believed in traditions and customs and also when you look at the intrigue and conspiracy, it was exactly the same as it happened in King Shaka's time." 4. Excerpt from play 5. SOT Thuli Dumakude, choreographer/director - "The story is so universal. I think it's very easy to see when the King is being assassinated, when Lady Macbeth is going crazy and when things are just not going right. But we said we should think of television more than radio, so make it more visual for an audience to read what you're doing without having to really listen to the words themselves." 6. Various of cast dancing on stage 7. SOT Thuli Dumakude, choreographer/director - "At the end, you watch people crying and I think it's because of the exuberance of the actors and the passion that they have in what they are doing, because they absolutely love it, really really love it." 8. Mid shot Sonto Maphumulo as Lady Macbeth, dancing next to Patrick Tshanini, as Macbeth 9. Close up Maphumulo and Tshanini bowing, dancing 10. SOT Welcome Msomi, director - "Shakespeare's Macbeth, it's more sombre, it's sort of dreary, but in Umabatha it's a celebration, it's a celebration of life because in our culture we celebrate life, and that's what I brought out in Mabatha, and that is what I want people to go away with, celebrating a life of someone who made a contribution to his nation." 11. Mid shot pan of cast dancing 12. Pull back from King on balcony to wide shot cast on stage THE SCOTTISH PLAY GETS THE ZULU TREATMENT ========================================== The opening scene is familiar - three witches around a cauldron, casting an evil spell. But the costumes and dialogue seem out of step with the scene's classic overtones. This is "Umabatha" - the Zulu version of Shakespeare's timeless play "Macbeth" and it's been wowing audiences for more than three decades. Now it's returned to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London for just one week - and for those who like their Bard with a twist, it's as energetic and colourful as ever. Incorporating Shakespeare's timeless themes of ambition, deceit, love, hate and fear, "Umabatha" dramatizes the 19th-century reign of Shaka Zulu - a fierce and militaristic king known for his peerless leadership of the Zulu clan, who was ultimately murdered by his half brother. Writer and director Welcome Msomi defies cultural borders by drawing on the parallels with Shakespeare's play. After the original cast toured the world beginning in 1969, making a mark in countries such as Africa, England and Italy, the production folded a decade later at Msomi's will. Only after Msomi met President Nelson Mandela in New York in 1991 did the director even consider a revival. And so the 45-member "Umabatha" was reborn in all its living splendor. Until recently, the work performed in Zulu projects English supertitles above the stage. The translation has since been dropped, so audiences can focus on the action, which, says its choreographer/director Thuli Dumakude, tells the whole story. Indeed, Msomi has shaped the performance so that those unfamiliar with the Zulu language or even the story of Macbeth can easily follow along. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...