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14 Black Actors You Didn’t Know Were British
Despite their talent for faking American and African accents ... Read on to discover some of the Black British actors we love ...
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30 famous black male actors over 60 years old that you should watch
The English-American actor moved to Toronto ... Sir Lenny Henry is among the best black male British actors over 60. He gained success as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s ...
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Why American actors suck at British accents
Lots of British actors have really nailed their American accents, but Americans can't seem to imitate their peers across the pond. We spoke with Erik Singer, a dialect coach based in New York ...
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The first black Shakespearean actor performs in Hull, the bastion of the anti-slavery movement
Playbill courtesy of British Library. Ira paid homage to the ... hard to attract spectators to enjoy the novelty of seeing a black actor perform. After all, the prestigious Theatre Royal, Covent ...
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The first black Shakespearean actor stars in Nottingham
In and among the thousands of theatre playbills stored for posterity in the British Library is this advertisement for a performance in Nottingham of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in 1827.