But I think theatre in a re... by Janet Suzman, a South African Actress

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“But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event.”

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Janet Suzman

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Name: Janet Suzman

Nationality: South African

Date of Birth: Feb 9, 1939

Profession: Actress

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I still find that a kind of stricture of the heart happens when I see any form of bigoted or racist behaviour. I get an actual pain in my heart.

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My mother was very agnostic. She would never set foot in the synagogue, she couldn't be doing with it.

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Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing.

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One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are what are really interesting to a performer.

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I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life.

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