| Summary: | Description: Research bulletin for the 2001 Globe-to-Globe Season Welcome Msomi Company production of Umabatha, the Zulu Macbeth. The bulletin contains information about the cast, spatial signifiers, language and music, the role of ritual, and performances and rehearsals of the production. Points of interest include the discussion of the 'deliberate use of space achieved in this play, achieved through the blocking' which meant that 'different types of action occurred in specifically allocated areas of the stage' and the section which details the 'role of ritual' as being 'one of the basic forms of drama itself, as performance stems from it', meaning that 'ritual cannot exist without performance, it needs to be witnessed and acknowledged in order to exist'.
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