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<p>In Trailblazers of Black British Theatre, Stephen Bourne celebrates the pioneers of Black British theatre, beginning in 1825, when Ira Aldridge made history as the first Black actor to play Shakespeare's Othello in the United Kingdom, and ending in 1975 with the success of Britain's first Black-led theatre company.<br>In addition to providing a long-overdue critique of Laurence Olivier's Othello, too-often cited as the zenith of the role, Bour...Seguir leyendo