[Editor’s note] In 2018, when Royal Shakespeare Theatre’s Hamlet, set in West Africa and directed by Simon Godwin, arrived at the Kennedy Center, Paapa Essiedu played the title role to unanimous praise. According to Lee Seymour of Forbes, it was the first time the RSC had cast a black actor in the role, considered one of […] The post Is a black actor capable of playing Hamlet? That was a ragi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:36AM on January 15, 2019