Lecture
Judge Dennis Davis
Tuesday 23.12.2025
Judge Dennis Davis
The Anniversary of The Mikado
Tuesday 23.12.2025
How to watch
This lecture starts on 23 December at 7:00pm (UK).
Summary
It is 140 years since Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado first opened. In discussing this comic opera, we now take as a given that its Japanese setting is culturally insensitive, allowing us space to raise key questions around art and stereotypes.
Judge Dennis Davis
Dennis Davis is a judge of the High Court of South Africa and judge president of the Competition Appeals Court of South Africa. He has held professorial appointments at the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand, as well as numerous visiting appointments at Cambridge, Harvard, New York University, and others. He has authored eleven books, including Lawfare: Judging Politics in South Africa.