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Post-war British theatre: Finlay, Gaskill and British Black and Asian Shakespeare

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Sylvia Morris

Almost swamped by the understandable outpouring of tributes for the late Sir Terry Wogan, the death of the fine actor Frank Finlay at 89 has passed with little attention this week. Most people remember Finlay for his screen and TV … Continue reading →

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Black History Month: telling the story of Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Until only a few years ago the nineteenth-century actor Ira Aldridge was a little-known curiosity in the long history of the theatre. He was the first (probably the only) “gentleman of colour” of any note to appear on the English … Continue reading →

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