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BWW Interview: David Oakes

Posted on November 2, 2017 by mkmswain

The actor discusses his role in Venus in Fur at Theatre Royal Haymarket. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here

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Father Comes Home From The Wars, Royal Court

Posted on September 23, 2016 by mkmswain

The current racial crisis in America might seem too urgent, too horrific, for us to be constantly seeking historical stories, but Suzan-Lori Parks’s play cycle makes a vividly articulate case for the long thread running from 19th-century slavery to 2016 debate … Continue reading →

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Ben Hur, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on November 25, 2015 by mkmswain

Hollywood took 365 speaking parts, 50,000 extras and 78 horses to tell this epic tale in 1959; here at the Tricycle, it’s a cast of four and some enterprising puppet work. Playwright Patrick Barlow, following up global hit The 39 Steps, … Continue reading →

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The House That Will Not Stand, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on October 21, 2014 by mkmswain

Bigger is better in the Tricycle’s latest piece of reclaimed black history. African-American writer Marcus Gardley’s stimulating play, which transports Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba to 1836 New Orleans and a significant shift in the evolving racial hierarchy, begins … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: slave

BWW Interview: David Oakes

Father Comes Home From The Wars, Royal Court

Ben Hur, Tricycle Theatre

The House That Will Not Stand, Tricycle Theatre

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