Homo-Thespian

Studio 360

The play“Hominid,”by Ken Weitzman, reenacts a violent incident that took place in a chimpanzee colony. Primate expertFrans de Waaland the play’s actors describe what it took to stage a chimpanzee drama with a very human story.

(Originally aired November 20, 2009)

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