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Three dances performed by the Dance Theatre of Harlem, artistic director Arthur Mitchell. 1. The Moor’s Pavane (Limón). 2. Adrian (Alleyne). 3. Sasanka (Sekwati). The Moor’s Pavane (c25mins) is directed...
Feature film. Set in 1930s Harlem, Lem Anderson (Frank Wilson) is a vaudeville actor who aspires to performing Shakespeare. One evening after a show he witnesses a notorious gangster’s murder. The...
Podcast. Carl Cofield discusses the Afro-Futuristic version of Twelfth Night he is directing for the Classical Theater of Harlem.
The Folger Theatre and The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s 2006 co-production of King Lear directed for stage by Alfred Preisser and videotaped for WAPAVA by George Karseboom. André de Shields is Lear. The...
Video podcast hosted by Drew Lichtenberg and LeeAnét Noble. This episode looks at the stories of black actors performing Shakespeare and implicit biases that have hindered their work. Guests include Dr....
The first session from the Imagining Shakespeare in 2050: Performance and Archives conference. After opening remarks by Natalia Molina (The Huntington) and Ayanna Thompson (Arizona State University), the...
Paul Edmondson talks to Debra Ann Byrd, artistic director of the Harlem Shakespeare Festival, about her one-woman theatrical memoir, Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey.
Feature film. Fictionalised telling of the true story of the 1936 Orson Welles production of Macbeth in Harlem with an all-Black cast, the action relocated to the 19th century in a country reminiscent of...
Podcast. Barbara Bogaev interviews Dr. Freda Scott Giles (University of Georgia) about Black responses to the Bard. Topics covered include the African Company from the 1820s; the Harlem renaissance of the...
Podcast hosted by Dr Paul Edmondson and Dr Anjna Chouhan that discusses Shakespeare in the 21st Century. In this episode, Debra Ann Byrd, artistic director of the Harlem Shakespeare Festival, discusses her...
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