Red Velvet Review: Adrian Lester as First Great Black Shakespearean Actor by Jonathan Mandell

When Ira Aldridge played Othello in London, they were still debating whether it was a good thing to end slavery in the British colonies. Aldridge is the real-life African-American actor portrayed by Adrian Lester in "Red Velvet," the fascinating play written by Lester's wife Lolita Chakrabarti in a production by London's exquisite Tricycle Theatre now […]

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