The actor and campaigner came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago in 1954 and rose to join Laurence Olivier's National Theatre company. Clint Dyer and others explain why we should remember her Pearl Prescod's star soared high in her day. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she became the first Black actor to play with the National Theatre company, under Laurence Olivier, in London in 1965. She appeared in the West End and o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM on June 23, 2022