Photocopies of press reviews related to the plays part of the Black Theatre Season 1986. They were collected from various newspaper sources. Enclosed are a background of the play along with actor biographies and cast details.
Photocopies of press reviews collected from various newspaper sources along with a flyer of the double bill. Both of the double bill plays were directed by Renu Setna. They present the plays Song of Death by Tewfik Al-Hakim and Lazarus and his Beloved by Kahlil Gibran. A response letter from Renu Setna confirming the relevance of a play written by the Egyptian playwright as part of a festival celebrating Black Theatre. Setna also addresses other political and cultural issues re-questioning the definition of (Black) British Theatre.
Photocopies of press reviews collected from various newspaper sources. They attest of the numerous activities related to Black Theatre and present national and international artists, venues and productions as early as 1974. PRODUCTIONS include: For Coloured Girl Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozanke Shanke; A Temporary Rupture by Michael J. Ellis; No Good Friday by Athol Fugard; The Jolly Green Soldier and Sherry and Wine by Jimi Rand; The Bully by Horace James; Mrs Mouse, Are you Within? by Frank Marcus; The Limbo by Robert Drain; Black Man's Country by Desmond Forristal; Strange Fruit by Caryl Phillips; The Gingerbread Man by David Wood; Show Boat by Jerome Kern, Fishing by Paulette Randell, Where There is Darkness by Caryl Phillips; Some Kind of Hero by Les Smith; Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge; A Penny Steps by Tony Dennis; Othello. COUNTRIES include North America, Sri Lanka. ACTORS include Vicky Licorish, Mustapha Matura, Jim Findley, The Boot Dance by Edgar White, Rudy Davies, Mona Hammond, Hugh Quarshie from Guyana, Joy Lemoine, Lee Davies (also known as Ruddy L. Davis) from Jamaica, Merdelle Jordine, Mona Hayes, Gladys Taylor, Nina Baden-Semper. VENUES include The Theatre Royal in Bristol, BBC TV programme The Black Safari about the journey of four explorers travelling deep into the heart of British interior - with Merdel Jordine, Bloke Modisane, Yemi Ajibade. OTHER articles include The Lack of Black Roles in Britain by Victoria McKee, Black Ordeal in Britain on Lear Model (on the play Black Lear by Barrie Keefe). Also contains articles related to the 1983 Black Theatre Season.
Photocopies (extract) of the Black Theatre Season programme 1983. Marketing correspondence inviting sponsors to support the Season Gala Night. Details of the publicity coverage and newspapers involved in marketing the festival.
Photocopies of various reviews published in the British press presenting the 4th Season festival. All reviews were compiled by the organisation's agent Net Working. Newspaper sources include The Independent, The Voice, Caribbean Times, The Guardian, Asian Times, The Daily Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Black Arts in London, Time Out, The Listener, City Limits, African Times, Morning star and many others.
Photocopies of various reviews published in the British press presenting the 4th Season festival. All reviews were compiled by the organisation's agent Net Working. Newspaper sources include The Independent, The Voice, Caribbean Times, The Guardian, Asian Times, The Daily Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Black Arts in London, Time Out, The Listener, City Limits, African Times, Morning star and others.
Newsletter from the organisation. Highlights include Black Theatre: Celebration or Requiem?, Future Histories: conference report, A year in Black Theatre, Global Stages: Mapping Stories.
Colourful folder of copies and original reviews published in the British press presenting the 4th Season festival. All reviews were compiled by the organisation. Newspaper sources include The Independent, Arts Theatre, London Theatre, The London Evening Standard, Girl About Town, The Observer, and many others. Includes articles and press shots on the Moon Dance Night Gala with Royal Guest Prince Edward. Also includes separate file with cuttings not arranged on the pages along with correspondence on councillors supporting London Arts; the Artwork newsletter from the Greater London Arts; two pages from the script of Dancing in the Dark by David Gibson; a poster presenting the Arts Theatre and some of the artists of the festival. Correspondence from Root Magazine - a leading black monthly consumer magazine, letters from the Independent Theatre Council regarding finance training, notes on HIV-AIDS theatre workshops.
