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But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.
The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakespeare had a peculiar ability to gentle their condition. They used to gather clandestinely to read the plays; on one occasion, the book was passed around for each man to mark his favourite lines.
Nell Carter, Actress (1948) |
Roald Dahl, Novelist (1916) |
Lincoln Davis, Politician (1943) |
Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach, Novelist (1830) |
Oliver Evans, Inventor (1755) |
Julius Charles Hare, Clergyman (1795) |
Robert Indiana, Artist (1928) |
Goran Ivanisevic, Athlete (1971) |
Bill Janklow, Politician (1939) |
Maurice Jarre, Composer (1924) |
Samuel Alexander, Philosopher (1938) |