Abstract
The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, finished 23 April 2019 A play by the South African playwright John Kani had its world premiere at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, in March 2019. Set in contemporary South Africa, an ageing white actor, Jack Morris (Antony Sher), has terminal liver cancer and encounters his carer Lunga Kunene (John Kani), a black community nurse. Morris, an alcoholic actor, knows that he is dying yet wants to play Lear in King Lear one last time. He recounts how he was told his diagnosis by an oncologist: ‘You have stage four liver cancer.’ Morris asks, ‘How many stages are there?’ The doctor replies, ‘Four.’ Morris discharges himself against medical advice and is assigned a …
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