kunene and the king. yes, kunene.aw it last night and it's great, but, it strikes me that it is full of ambivalence and doubt about today's south africa. is that a right way of seeing it? yes, indeed, it's a critical review of the 25 years of our democracy from two perspectives. what would a black person say the 25 years have meant, how would the black person merger the changes better or worse to his or against his own advantage? and then you get a white south african who also has lived the same time, and then, what do they think has been the new south africa? what does this democracy mean? so what i was trying to do was to find these two people who have lived through most of their lives in the apartheid time and they are now evaluating where they are. they begin like poles apart into what they think has happened. and i guess one of the points of this play is that these two individuals, the ageing white actor and the black man who is a senior nurse and comes to the home of the white man to offer him end—of—life care,

kunene and the king. it is a critical review of the 25 years of our democracy.ives. what would the black person say, how would the black person say, how would the black person merger the changes better or worse of two or against his own advantage? and then you get a white south african who also has lived at the same time and then what do they think has been the new south africa? what does this democracy mean? what i was trying to do was find these two people who have lived through most of their lives in the apartheid time and they are now if —— evaluating where they are. they begin in poles apart in what they think is happened. one of the points of this play is that these two individuals, the ageing white actor and the black man who is a senior nurse and comes to the home of the white man to offer him end of life care, basically, the point is that in today's south africa, in the ordinary run of life, these two individuals would never cross paths. it is only because of the particular circumstances of the terminal illness that life forces them together. absolutely