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"Freedom, Hey-Day! Hey-Day, Freedom!": African Americans and Shakespeare (2014 Audio)
aka: African Americans and Shakespeare
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Producer
- Richard Paul
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Episode 20 in series. The podcast" examines some of the many ways including, but not limited to, performance that black Americans have encountered, responded...
Othello Stage History: Black Performance (2014 Video)
aka: Othello at the National Theatre
Professors Carol Chillington Rutter and Tony Howard with Adrian Lester discuss productions of Othello. The video briefly comment on the performances of Ira Aldridge, Paul Robeson, and Willard White, Rutter...
Julius Caesar (2012 Video)
- Director
- Gregory Doran
Video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2012 production of Julius Caesar directed by Gregory Doran with an all-black British cast. Ray Fearon is Mark Antony and Joseph Paterson plays Brutus. The...
Julius Caesar (2012 Television)
- Director
- Gregory Doran
- Producer
- John Wyver
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2012 production of Julius Caesar directed for television by Gregory Doran. An all-black British cast includes Ray Fearon as Mark Antony and Joseph Paterson as Brutus. The...
Red Velvet (2012 Video)
- Director
- Indhu Rubasingham
Video recording (mixed recording, four cameras) of Lolita Chakrabarti’s play about the 19th century actor Ira Aldridge and his taking the role of Othello. Adrian Lester plays Aldridge.
Hamlet (2010 Audio)
- Director
- Tarell Alvin McCraney
Sound recording of Young Peoples Shakespeare’s Hamlet directed by Tarell Alvin McCraney with Dharmesh Patel in the title role. The touring production employs nine actors was devised for an audience of...
The Negro Tragedian (2009 Radio)
- Producer
- Cecile Wright
Radio documentary by Kwame Kwei-Armeh tracing the life and work of nineteenth century black British actor Ira Aldridge. Undeterred by the racial hostility of the press, Aldridge pursued his acting career to...
Much Ado About Nothing (2009 Video)
- Director
- Timothy Douglas
Video recording of Timothy Douglas’ 2009 production of Much Ado About Nothing with Howard W. Overshown as Benedick and Rachel Leslie as Beatrice. Videotaped for WAPAVA by George Karseboom.
Night Waves [29/04/2008] (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Night Waves
BBC Radio 3 arts series. This edition contains a 13 minute discussion between presenter Gabriel Gbadamosi, writer and critic Bonnie Greer, and Felix Cross, Artistic Director of the black theatre company...
Big Life, The (2006 Radio, Video)
aka: The Ska Musical
- Series
- Play of the Week (BBC World Service)
- Director
- Clint Dyer
- Producer
- Rosalynd Ward
Based loosely on the plot of Love’s Labour’s Lost, the action of this much acclaimed ska musical is set in 1950s London. The Big Life follows the fortunes of a group of Caribbean immigrants arriving in...