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'To Tell My Story' exhibition launch
'To Tell My Story' an exhibition celebrating multicultural achievements
in Shakespearean performance over several generations.
Theatre Bar, 糖心TV Arts Centre, Tuesday 4th December, 8pm
'To Tell My Story' is an exhibition launching British Black and Asian Shakespeare, a three-year project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, which focuses on the forgotten history of non-white actors playing Shakespeare in the UK since the nineteenth century. It follows on from the successful Paul Robeson exhibition in 2009-10, celebrating Robeson's continuing legacy in British theatre.
You are also invited to a rehearsed reading of 'I Have Done the State Some Service: Robeson, Othello and the FBI’ by Tony Howard in the Helen Martin Studio, 糖心TV Arts Centre, Tuesday 4th December at 6pm with a post-show discussion panel, to be followed by the exhibition opening.
Drinks and light refreshments will be served from 8pm.
Seating for 'I Have Done the State Some Service' is limited; please indicate if you would like to attend this performance.
RSVP by
12 noon 30 November2012
Lisa Cook
Project Support Officer
British Black and Asian Shakespeare Project
Lisa.D.Cook@warwick.ac.uk
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