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...Lindiwe Dovey '01 grew up knowing exactly how her parents thought of her. "Lindiwe is a Zulu names that means `the one we waited for,'" she says. Her parents Ken and Teresa Dovey waited nine years after their marriage to have children in order to ensure that their relationship was strong and stable, and this stability within the family has helped the Doveys cope with a rapidly changing South African landscape...
Going to South Africa for thesis research--her first trip to Africa--was a chance to meet some of South Africa's most famous freedom fighters, learn Zulu and talk about popular culture with citizens she met there...
...names, rejecting some and being turned down by others, Simon settled on Susana Tubert, an Argentine-born director who had apprenticed with Harold Prince. She was ousted after three months. Then Simon brought in Eric Simonson, a young Chicago director who had staged The Song of Jacob Zulu on Broadway. Where Tubert had favored a magic-realist approach, Simonson pushed for a more documentary style, which Simon hated. Simonson was out after two months. Simon then prevailed on Morris, whom he got along with well, to take over the job of director as well as choreographer...
...area in which Umabatha encounters serious problems is language. Since the play is in Zulu, an odd set of unspoken assumptions seems to be established even before the play begins. The idea seems to be that the viewer will already be familiar with Macbeth and can thus follow Umabatha as it weaves variations on the original text. Unfortunately, a viewer who neither knows Shakespeare's play well nor understands Zulu is likely to find much of the action confusing. The play's program does provide scene summaries in English, and large LED boards flanking the stage periodically show abbreviated English...
...celebration of Zulu culture, Umabatha is an unqualified success. This is partly a product of the historical story, obliquely narrated through the filter of fiction, and partly a result of the other level on which the production triumphs: the level of spectacle. Song and dance are woven into the story as integral elements that move the narrative at pivotal moments: cheering the return of the soldiers home from war, mourning the sudden death of King Dangane, celebrating the coronation of Mabatha in the banquet scene at the center of the play...