Now, getting ready to write my new play, Kunene and the King, I find myself again with my dear old friend, William Shakespeare. Kunene and the King is about an uneasy friendship between a dying white South African actor cast as King Lear, and an African nurse who looks after him and sometimes helps him to learn his lines. Their relationship examines the very foundation on which our democracy is built. Kunene and the King is about an uneasy friendship between a dying white South African actor cast as King Lear, and an African nurse who looks after him and sometimes helps him to learn his lines. South Africa, 2019. Kunene and the King plays in the Ambassadors Theatre, London from 24 January to 28 March 2020 with John Kani and Antony Sher. Kunene and the King opens in South Africa After a short run in the Swan Theatre, the show returns to its spiritual home of Cape Town, South Africa. The first South African performance of Kunene and the King takes place tonight (30 April) at The Fugard Theatre, following its short run in Stratford-upon-Avon. Don’t miss John Kani’s highly acclaimed play Kunene and the King marking the 25th anniversary of the end of apartheid with a strictly limited London run, following its premiere in Stratford-upon-Avon and a sold-out run in Cape Town. Don’t miss John Kani’s highly acclaimed play Kunene and the King marking the 25th anniversary of the end of apartheid with a strictly limited London run, following its premiere in Stratford-upon-Avon and a sold-out run in Cape Town. It's your last chance to catch Kunene and the King in the West End, the 'electrifying' play with Antony Sher and John Kani. Antony Sher as Jack Morris and John Kani as Lunga Kunene in Kunene and the King. Watch a short scene from Kunene and the King where Lunga Kunene (John Kani) and Jack Morris (Antony Sher) perform the famous 'Friends, Romans, Countrymen' speech … Their relationship examines the very foundation on which our democracy is built. Don't miss John Kani's highly acclaimed play Kunene and the King, opening soon in the West End. …