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  John Kani: A Passion for the Truth
Below: The poster for Sizwe Bansi is Dead by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona, directed by Robert Woodruff, with Danny Glover and Carl Lumbly, at the Eureka Theatre, 1978.
A.R.T. Artistic Director Robert Woodruff spoke with playwright and leading South African actor John Kani while Mr.
Kani was in Los Angeles, performing Nothing But the Truth.
www.amrep.org /articles/3_1b/truth.html   (1345 words)

  
  John Kani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bonsile John Kani (1943 -) is a South African actor, director and playwright.
Kani's work has been widely performed around the world, including New York, where he and Winston Ntshona won a Tony Award in 1975 for Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island.
Kani has also received the Avanti Hall of Fame Award from the South African film, television and advertising industries, an M-Net Plum award and a Clio award in New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Kani   (465 words)

  
 GO Brooklyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In 1999, director Peter Brook worked with Kani and Ntshona on restaging "The Island" at Brook's Paris Theater, Les Bouffes du Nord, and it is presented at BAM by the Royal National Theatre and Johannesburg's Market Theatre, where Kani is artistic director.
Antigone's burial of her brother, and Winston and John's performance of such a subversive play are both acts of extreme courage in the face of a repressive state.
Kani and Ntshona, who have both spent time in the Robben Island prison, certainly are men we need to hear - and to heed.
www.go-brooklyn.com /html/Issues/_vol26/26_15/island.html   (817 words)

  
 John Kani - Moviefone
Kani joined The Serpent Players (a group of actors whose first performance was...
John Kani (Nothing But the Truth) is an actor, director, and playwright internationally recognized for his work in theatre and films.
John Kani - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, John Kani Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/john-kani/36835/main   (98 words)

  
 WORD Magazine - The Soul of Urban Culture
In 1973 Kani, Ntshona and Fugard set out to create a play that would bring attention to the plight of political prisoners (like Nelson Mandela) in the notorious prison on Robben Island.
The Island, starring Kani and Ntshona, was performed only twice in Cape Town, but reached a huge international audience through performances in London, New York and Australia.
At the invitation of renowned European theatre director Peter Brook, The Island has now been remounted with both Kani and Ntshona, and is touring to Paris, Stockholm and London, as well as Toronto.
www.interlog.com /~cadmus/Kani.htm   (712 words)

  
 Pieter-Dirk Uys and John Kani
Described as South Africa’s “Death of a Salesman”, Nothing But the Truth is Kani’s tribute to his brother, Xolile Kani who was shot dead by police while reciting a poem at a 1985 New Brighton funeral for a nine-year-old girl who died after being hit by a tear gas canister.
Kani was one of the more prominent artistic figures in the fight against apartheid.
Now, with apartheid gone, Kani sees the role of artists in the new South Africa as being to “continue to be the voice of the conscience of our society”; something reflected in Nothing But the Truth.
www.theblurb.com.au /Issue51/SATheatre.htm   (482 words)

  
 John Kani: a conversation :: ABC Queensland
Born under the racist apartheid regime, actor, director and playwright, John Kani is known as the Grandfather of South African theatre.
One of the first people to perform in fl and white theatre troupes, John made a conscience decision early in his career to use theatre and the arts as a way of protesting against apartheid.
John's first play The Island focused on the infamous Robben Island prison, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for twenty-seven years.
www.abc.net.au /queensland/stories/s1344576.htm   (307 words)

  
 The Artful Manager: John Kani and the spirit of UBUNTU
The International Society for the Performing Arts has posted an audio stream and a transcription from a recent conference keynote by Dr. John Kani, South African actor, director, and playwright.
The larger speech is about Kani's experience with Apartheid and the struggles of his country since Apartheid fell.
Kani believes that the spirit of UBUNTU is essential and enduring to his country, and to all people.
www.artsjournal.com /artfulmanager/main/007680.php   (448 words)

  
 Nothing But the Truth - John Kani
Those who march in the streets, the worker bees of the revolution, generally become the worker bees of the new state, largely unheralded, having paid a significant price for their efforts which may well go unrecognized.
John Kani, fl playwright and star of Nothing But the Truth, is South African.
He and the white playwright, Athol Fugard, met at a fl drama group in 1965 when apartheid was the law of the land.
www.culturevulture.net /Theater/NothingButtheTruth.htm   (725 words)

  
 Deep End - 11 April 2005  - John Kani
John Kani is a multi-award winning South African playwright, actor and director.
During the apartheid regime, he performed 'protest' works, acting alongside whites in a theatre troupe.
The play he is presenting in Australia, Nothing But the Truth is a tribute to his brother, who was shot dead by police while reciting a poem at the 1985 New Brighton funeral of a nine-year-old girl who had died after being hit by a tear gas canister.
www.abc.net.au /rn/deepend/stories/2005/1342899.htm   (75 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "John Kani": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In Suzman's video, John Kani enters smelling a red rose in a deliberate evocation of Olivier.
John Kani, the former Serpent Player and now artistic director of the Market Theatre, accepted Fugard's invitation to play the betraying and...
Barney Simon died suddenly in 1995 and the actor John Kani took over as 'Executive Director' or 'Managing Trustee' with no specific remit for artistic leadership.
www.amazon.com /phrase/John-Kani   (523 words)

  
 John Kani, Fri., January 26, 2007, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
John Kani, Fri., January 26, 2007, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
John Kani is best known to American audiences for his 1975 Tony Award-winning performances in The Island and Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, works that echoed his desire and passion for freedom, and which he co-wrote with Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona.
Early in his career, the actor, director and playwright made the pivotal decision to use his theatrical gifts to speak out against injustice in South Africa.
www.celebrityseries.org /01_PERFORMERS/720_johnkani.htm   (120 words)

  
 The Connection.org : Nothing But the Truth
Kani himself was locked away in solitary confinement.
John Kani's play takes us away from the heroes and the exiles and the legends of liberation.
John Kani, Award Winning South African Actor, Director and Playwright.
www.theconnection.org /shows/2005/01/20050127_b_main.asp   (254 words)

  
 John Kani
John Kani (Nothing But the Truth) is an actor, director, and playwright internationally recognized for his work in theatre and films.
Kani's directing credits include Goree and Blues Africa Café by Matsamela Manaka, Kagoos by Kessie Govender, and The Meeting by Jeff Stetson for the Market Theatre.
He is the recipient of numerous awards for his contribution to South African art and culture, as well as several Honorary Doctorates.
www.amrep.org /people/kani.html   (248 words)

  
 The Connection.org : Nothing But the Truth (Rebroadcast)
Truth and reconciliation is something a lot easier said than done in the play "Nothing but the Truth," written by one of South Africa's top actors, John Kani.
It is a story examining the emotional turbulence of South Africa in the years after apartheid -- by looking in on the dynamics of one ordinary family.
He is today a self-described "cultural activist." But still he wonders if the nation has healed and if he has too.
www.theconnection.org /shows/2005/05/20050530_b_main.asp   (262 words)

  
 AMCTV.com SHOW - Saturday Night at the Palace
Slabolepszy plays Vince, an unemployed oaf who is kicked out of his house for not paying the rent; his roommate Forsi (Bill Flynn) is burdened with telling him.
After a party, Forsi and Vince stop at a deserted fast food restaurant, which is being closed up by September (John Kani).
Vince, who is refused service by September, turns violent and trashes the restaurant, directing his anger at the fl man while Forsi idly watches not stopping or participating in the destruction.
www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=59412-1-est   (131 words)

  
 Playbill News: John Kani to Appear in Lincoln Center's Dec. 2 "Platform" Event
Playbill News: John Kani to Appear in Lincoln Center's Dec. 2 "Platform" Event
John Kani to Appear in Lincoln Center's Dec. 2 "Platform" Event
Playwright John Kani and cast members of Nothing But the Truth will take part in a Dec. 2 edition of Lincoln Center Theater's "Platform Series," in the lobby of the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.
www.playbill.com /news/article/82985.html   (335 words)

  
 Kani John - playwright   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
To search for published plays by John Kani click on one of the bookstore links above.
You will be shown all Plays in print by John Kani.
John Kani : Click on a Play title below for more information
www.doollee.com /PlaywrightsK/KaniJohn.htm   (126 words)

  
 John Kani
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 Ideas - Dr. John Kani
This speech was delivered during the January 2006 ISPA New York Conference by actor, director, and playwright Dr. John Kani.
When we arrived in the hospital a fl doctor said, no a white doctor said "Who is this guy?" and someone said: "This is John Kani.
He was attacked." It is this white young doctor who hid me in the isolation ward for infectious diseases because if security found out that you're still alive they would come to the hospital and finish the job.
www.ispa.org /ideas/kani.html   (5142 words)

  
 John Kani, tous les films avec John Kani
John Kani, tous les films avec John Kani
Kani > Films n° 1 à 1 (sur 1)
Avec : Bernard Hill, Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani
www.locafilm.com /acteur/17179/john-kani.html   (93 words)

  
 Tichborne Claimant - Stephen Fry, John Gielgud, Robert Pugh, John Kani, Robert Hardy, Rachael Dowling, Charles Gray - ...
Tichborne Claimant - Stephen Fry, John Gielgud, Robert Pugh, John Kani, Robert Hardy, Rachael Dowling, Charles Gray - 1998
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Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck.
www.learmedia.ca /product_info.php/cPath/5/products_id/713   (232 words)

  
 Press Release: John Kani Cancels January 26 Boston appearance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Press Release: John Kani Cancels January 26 Boston appearance
(Boston) Bank of America Celebrity Series, Martha H. Jones, President and Executive Director, today announced that South African actor and playwright John Kani has canceled his January 26 appearance at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge due to a schedule conflict.
Ticket holders will be notified by mail of options to exchange tickets or request refunds.
www.celebrityseries.org /06_PRESS/Kani_CancRel.htm   (208 words)

  
 John Kani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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