Rodreguez King Dorset: 2 books
Black British Theatre Pioneers
Yvonne Brewster and the First Generation of Actors, Playwrights and Other Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
A Jamaican-born stage director, teacher and writer Yvonne Brewster stands among the most prominent British artists of Afro-Caribbean cultural heritage. A member of the Order of the British Empire, she co-founded Talawa, Britain’s foremost black-led theatre company, as well as The Barn, Jamaica’s...
Mandela's Dancers
Oral Histories of Program Participants and Organizers
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
The role of dance and music in the struggle against South Africa’s apartheid regime is well documented. This book explores a special chapter in the history of post-liberation South Africa. In 1993, Lady Anya Sainsbury, a former ballerina at the Royal Ballet in London, met Nelson Mandela at a party...