So there was a sub-sociological bent in that production.”Īlso on the new episode of Stagecraft, Taymor looked back at the production’s early days to recall the challenges of staging the show and the lessons she learned along the way. “Which means they lived in the jungle and had missed Apartheid. “That became part of the story, because they were best friends and they were outcasts,” Taymor said. She singled out a production in South Africa in which Timon was played by a Black South African actor from a township in Capetown, and Pumbaa was played by a white Afrikaner. Speaking on the new episode of Stagecraft, Variety‘s theater podcast, Taymor also explained how other elements of the show can play differently based on the international context.
She added, “In Tokyo, I remember the comedians for the rough and tumble parts, they were from Osaka.
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