Black Female Playwrights Want You to Face Facts. The Harsh Ones. - The New York Times
Charles Isherwood
In the spring comes “Venus,” which explores the life of a South African woman, Saartjie Baartman, who became an object of public fascination — not of a flattering kind — when she was taken to London to be exhibited in freak shows.
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