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THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III by Carlyle Brown
The Theater Project, Union County College's professional theater company located in Cranford NJ presents this provocative play.
134 years before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus, 108 years before Martin Luther King, Jr was born, and 6 years before enslavement of blacks fully ended in New York state, a theater company of free black actors was passionately performing Shakespearean adaptations and original works in front of packed houses in 1821 Manhattan. The African Company, as they were known, then dared to open their production of Richard III on the same night and right next door to another Richard III production by New York City's leading theater of the time starring English tragedian Junius Brutus Booth. The African Company's refusal to close down and capitulate to the pressure of their white competitors is depicted in this empowering drama.
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LocationThe Roy Smith Theater / Union County College
1033 Springfield Avenue
Cranford, NJ 07016
United States
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