Paul chats to Debra Ann Byrd, the entrepreneurial artistic director of the Harlem Shakespeare Festival, about why she founded her company, what it does, and about her important and inspiring memoir; Becoming Othello, A Black Girl’s Journey.
We ask our guests and listeners to share one modern-day item that they think should be included in an imagined Shakespeare museum of the future. What do you think of their choices, and what would you choose? Let us know at shakespeare.org.uk/future
12/01/20 • 30 min
Shakespeare Alive - 3. Becoming Othello, with Debra Ann Byrd
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Paul Edmondson
Hello everybody. And welcome to Shakespeare Alive! a podcast of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. My name's Paul Edmondson. Shakespeare Alive! hosts conversations with people who work with Shakespeare throughout the world.
Debra Ann Byrd is the entrepreneurial founder and producing artistic director of the Harlem Shakespeare Festival, dedicated to casting actors of color in Shakespearian roles and the wider classical repertoire. She he
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