Senators who met with Susan E. Rice, the United Nations ambassador, said they would delay her nomination if she was selected to be secretary of state.

The list of conditions, like releasing political prisoners and investigating the murders of opposition supporters, was long and unrealistic and meant that an immediate pullout seemed unlikely.

A conversation with Hilda Cronje and Bongile Mantsai, the lead actors in “Mies Julie,” Yael Farber’s South African adaptation of Strindberg’s “Miss Julie.”

A conversation with Hilda Cronje and Bongile Mantsai, the lead actors in “Mies Julie,” Yael Farber’s South African adaptation of Strindberg’s “Miss Julie.”