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Black actor who faced abuse over role in Romeo & Juliet calls for industry-wide action by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who played Juliet alongside Tom Holland's Romeo, says racist abuse went on for months The actor Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who received a barrage of online racial abuse after being cast in a production of Romeo & Juliet this year, has called for industry-wide action to protect black and brown actors. The abuse aimed at Amewudah-Rivers began after the Jamie Lloyd Company theatre group an…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PM on September 18, 2024

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