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Ira Aldridge - the celebration at the Globe
On September 19th the performance Against Prejudice was given a staged reading in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe. With Ray Fearon, Rakie Ayola and Justin Avoth, with Una May and the Coventry Belgrade Black Youth Theatre. Jason Morell directed.
In a celebration of Ira Aldridge's life, the panellists included David Olusoga, Justine Themen, Martin Hoyles, Tony Howard, and the actors Joseph Marcell,Joseph Mydell - and the centenarian Earl Cameron CBE, who was trained by Aldridge's daughter Amanda,