When a version of the play currently on stage at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Lansburgh Theatre was performed in South Africa, it not only sparked controversy, but a national outcry of protests, death threats and intense pressure to censure the production. What was all the fuss about??
Mies Julie, an adaptation by director Yael Farber, is an explosive parable of class and gender that takes place 18 years post-Apartheid on a South African estate. In the space of one night, Xhosa farm laborer John and Mies Julie (the daughter of his white Afrikaans “master”) feed upon heat, drunkenness, deep-seated resentment and a frenzy of sexual passion which will forever alter the course of their lives.
“This is a Miss Julie for a world grappling to redefine itself,” explains Farber. “It is a disturbing yet mesmerizing theatrical experience that reaches to address issues of restitution and the reality of what can and can never be recovered.”
Mies Julie is currently on international tour, making its DC debut at the Lansburgh through November 24th.
*All images credit Rodger Bosch
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