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Lenny Henry investigates the sudden blossoming of black theatre groups in Britain in the late 1970s and 80s, as new second-generation black Britons found their voices. From 2015.

Lenny Henry investigates the sudden blossoming of black theatre groups in Britain in the late 1970s and 80s as new, second generation black Britons found their voices and created stages to express themselves. Most famous is Talawa, a theatre company founded by four renowned creative spirits, including Yvonne Brewster and Carmen Munroe, who applied for and were granted from the public purse Β£80,000 to stage The Black Jacobins, a play about Caribbean history, by the legendary writer CLR James.

Series consultant Michael Pearce
Producer Simon Elmes.

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15 minutes

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Tue 31 Jul 2018 02:15

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  • Mon 16 Nov 2015 13:45
  • Mon 30 Jul 2018 14:15
  • Tue 31 Jul 2018 02:15