Playbill for Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island. White background with yellow box at top; graphic below of two men, one standing and one seated; a film camera sits on a tripod beside them. [PLAYBILL/EDISON THEATRE/SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD/AND/THE ISLAND] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1975.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1975
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Subject of: John Kani, South African, born 1943
• Subject of: Winston Ntshona, South African, born 1941
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 5 5/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Object number: 2011.45.46
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.