Celebrating Dame Janet Suzman

Overview

In 2011, Dame Janet Suzman was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II and made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. To celebrate this accolade, the Fugard Theatre presented a week of retrospective Suzman films in August and September in its Bioscope.

The screened films included: Nicholas and Alexandra, The Draughtsman’s Contract, A Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run, Priest of Love and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Also screened was the production of Othello with John Kani and Joanna Weinberg.

“I could not find better words than Athol Fugard used in his play “Master Harold”…and The Boys to describe her: Janet Suzman is a “woman of magnitude.” – Eric Abraham, Founding Producer.

Details

First screening
26 September 2011

Final performance
1 October 2011

Venue
The Fugard Studio