'Matthew Hahn’s The Robben Island Shakespeare is indeed a manual for both the young and old in South Africa and the world, to help us charter the difficult journey of life and the survival of the human spirit, UBUNTU, against all odds.'
- Tony Award Winning Actor & South African Cultural Activist John Kani, in his introduction to The Robben Island Shakespeare.
There have been numerous performances of the play including the Southbank Centre in 2018, Artscape Theatre [Cape Town, 2019 & 2016], the Robben Island Museum[Cape Town, 2016] Alvin Ailey Theatre [New York City, 2016] Barbican Theatre as part of the opening of the Queen Mary’s ‘Global Shakespeare’ Programme [2014]; Cape Town Shakespeare Society [2014], Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland [as part of the Connect ZA Season / Commonwealth Games, 2014], Montana Shakespeare Festival [2014], South Africa House, London [April & June 2014], Oxford University [2014], Folger Shakespeare Library [Washington, DC June 2013], the British Museum [2012], the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre [London, UK 2012], the Market Theatre [Johannesburg, SA 2010], the Richmond Theatre [2009] and the Robben Island Museum [Cape Town 2009].
The Rhodes House Commonwealth and African Studies Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University stores the archive video, play script, transcripts, audio & blog.
The play is published by Methuen Bloomsbury and can be purchased via this website:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-robben-island-shakespeare-9781474283878/