Memo to Julian Fellowes: period dramas should reflect our diverse world
Defending the all-white cast in Half a Sixpence, Fellowes suggests diversity is trickier for period pieces than modern drama. Surely there's no difference?"You can't make something untruthful." That's Julian Fellowes' defence of the all-white cast for Half a Sixpence, the West End musical he created with Cameron Mackintosh, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. In an interview with the Stage last week, Fellowes discussed …