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Big Life, The (2005 Video)
aka: The Ska Musical
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...
Black Tragedian, The (2004 Television)
Television documentary first shown on the digital Community Channel. Documentary recording the life of Ira Aldridge, a 19th-century black American Shakespearean actor who also worked in Britain, taking his...
King Lear (2004 Video)
- Director
- Harold Scott
A video recording of a production of King Lear with an all African-American cast. Directed for the stage by Harold Scott and videotaped for TOFT (Theatre on Film and Tape) by Patrick Hoffmann. The play is...
Perfect Blackman, The? (2004 Video)
Live video recording of Blue Mountain Theatre Company’s production of Floyd Kmight’s play The Perfect Black Man? Charles Tomlin is Othello and Rob Carroll is Iago.`When another woman makes a play for...
Wicked Bitches (2003 Video)
- Director
- Joseph Charles
Live video recording of a performance at the Broadway Theatre, Catford of the play by Floyd Knight loosely based on King Lear. No further details known (12/2007).
King Lear (2002 Video)
- Director
- Travis Preston
Videorecording of the play directed by Travis Preston The production was informed by a visit Preston made to Karbala and featured an all-female Afro-American cast.
King Lear (2002 Video)
- Director
- Declan Donnellan
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the RSC Academy’s 2002 touring production of King Lear. Directed by Declan Donnellen with Nonso Anozie as Lear.
Tempest, The (2002 Video)
- Director
- Michael Boyd
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2002 production of The Tempest. Directed by Michael Boyd with Malcolm Storry as Prospero. Aerial choreography by Gavin...
Play on! (2000 Television)
- Series
- Great Performances
- Director
- Gary Halvorson
Television version of the musical play based on the book by Cheryl L. West and adapted for the stage by West and Sheldon Epps. Twelfth Night, with an all African-American cast, is transformed into a romantic...
Black Firsts (1998 Television)
- Series
- Windrush Season
- Producer
- Joanna Burge
A series of short programmes transmitted as part of the BBC WINDRUSH season made to mark 50 years since the Windrush ship brought black immigrants to Britain. Black people who broke down barriers for others...