Playwright who explored the themes of race and identity in his stage and television work, most notably in the BBC drama series Empire RoadThe legacy of the colonial experience in the Caribbean, with its confusions of racial identity and mixed-blessing migration to Britain in the 1960s, was a potent theme in the stage and television work of Michael Abbensetts, who has died aged 78. In his most personal play, El Dorado…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM on November 30, 2016