Uploaded October 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's a virtual movie of an African student reading an excerpt from the poem The Knave,The Jew The Gull The Blackamore originally titled "The African Student" by the white Rhodesian poet N H Brettell 1908 - 1991. The poem describes the thoughts of an African Student studying Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" The student at first struggles with the meaning of the play,but finally comes to a realisation that the play that on the face of it is a comedy has serious undertones of demands on tolerance and compassion the student wonders whether we are up to these demands. This exquisite poem is superbly recited by an authentic Rhodesian/Zimbabwean voice artist from a rare recording made in the late 1960's is shaped towards praising Shakespeare's tremendous vision and human understanding which gives his plays their timeless appeal.
Twelfth Night, or What You Will[1] is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as a boy) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion,[2] with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio.
Kind Regards
Jim Clark
All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2015
Here's a virtual movie of an African student reading an excerpt from the poem The Knave,The Jew The Gull The Blackamore originally titled "The African Student" by the white Rhodesian poet N H Brettell 1908 - 1991. The poem describes the thoughts of an African Student studying Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" The student at first struggles with the meaning of the play,but finally comes to a realisation that the play that on the face of it is a comedy has serious undertones of demands on tolerance and compassion the student wonders whether we are up to these demands. This exquisite poem is superbly recited by an authentic Rhodesian/Zimbabwean voice artist from a rare recording made in the late 1960's is shaped towards praising Shakespeare's tremendous vision and human understanding which gives his plays their timeless appeal.
Twelfth Night, or What You Will[1] is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as a boy) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion,[2] with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio.
Kind Regards
Jim Clark
All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2015
