Black British Theatre Pioneers
Subtitle: Yvonne Brewster and the First Generation of Actors, Playwrights and Other Practitioners
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780786494859
Subjects: Theater, production and direction; Theater, great britain, history
Description: This volume explores the many ways in which Brewster has used black experience and culture to enrich British theatre. After an overview of Brewster's career and a survey of black theatre in Britain, the work focuses on Brewster's productions of Shakespeare, including 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Twelfth Night', 'Antony and Cleopatra', 'King Lear' and 'Othello'.