Black actors are struggling for professional recognition on both sides of the Atlantic, so we must follow in the footsteps of ‘Britain’s first black Shakespearean actor’, Ira Alridge, and fight for equal representation, writes Theresa Saxon.
At a time when many black British actors are leaving their home country to travel to the US in search of recognition, it’s important to pay tribute to the memory of the first black actor to play Othello on the London stage – a man who left New York to seek his fortune in what he hoped would be a more tole... Keep reading on The Conversation
At a time when many black British actors are leaving their home country to travel to the US in search of recognition, it’s important to pay tribute to the memory of the first black actor to play Othello on the London stage – a man who left New York to seek his fortune in what he hoped would be a more tole... Keep reading on The Conversation