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Brigid Benson's avatar

Thank you for supporting two of the big causes & risking arrest & emprisonnent, hopefully not, in the U.K. Congratulations on having still a full tour program for yr wonderful tribute to Paul Robeson. A show I’ve seen & enjoyed several times.

Just finished reading “Paul Robeson - on My Journey Now” by Lloyd L Brown. Full of interesting anecdotes personal & more general about history of Black Americans in pre & post Abolition period. Robeson wd agree so much more to be done for justice & equality.

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Tayo Aluko's avatar

Thank you, Brigid. I had the honour of meeting Lloyd Brown in London in 1998, when SOAS organised a centenary conference on Robeson. My play was still almost a decade away from being premiered then. It's good to remember that now, actually, as I am shortly to get back to my third play, which has been "on the shelf" for two years!

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