Amateur of Life and Death
Red Velvet
This month’s episode focuses on Red Velvet, the 2012 play by Lolita Chakrabarti.
Laura has been speaking to actor Papa Anoh Yentumi about his role as the young Ira Aldridge in the upcoming Crescent Theatre Company production of the play.
We also learn more about the play and the actor who inspired it, the American Ira Aldridge, who was the first black actor in England to play Othello on the professional stage.
This month’s episode focuses on Red Velvet, the 2012 play by Lolita Chakrabarti.
Laura has been speaking to actor Papa Anoh Yentumi about his role as the young Ira Aldridge in the upcoming Crescent Theatre Company production of the play.
We also learn more about the play and the actor who inspired it, the American Ira Aldridge, who was the first black actor in England to play Othello on the professional stage.