Sonny Venkatrathnam (VENN-“cut”-ruhth-num) secretly kept a collection of Shakespeare plays, known as this location’s “Bible,” by disguising it under Diwali postcards so it resembled a religious book. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this place. In a play inspired by this real-world place, two prisoners spend their nights preparing to perform Antigone.
ANSWER: Robben Island [prompt on The Island with “what place is it based on?”; prompt on Maximum Security Prison by asking, “where is that prison?”]
[10h] The protagonists of The Island have these names, shared with the actors who originated the roles and co-wrote the play with Athol Fugard. Give both names or the surnames of the actors.
ANSWER: John AND Winston [or (Bonisile) John Kani AND Winston Ntshona; accept answers in either order]
[10e] In the Robben Island Bible, Nelson Mandela signed his name by a quote from this play. In John Kani’s play Kunene and the King, Lunga and Jack take turns reciting this play’s “Friends, Romans, countrymen” speech.
ANSWER: Julius Caesar (Mandela signed his name next to the lines “Cowards die many times before their deaths / The valiant never taste of death but once.”)
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