Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonJuliet Gilkes Romero's play about the battle to end slave-owning in the British empire grows in intrigue and tension The Whip takes a moment in British history that appears, on paper, to be an unmitigated triumph in ethical law-making: the passing of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, which outlawed enslavement throughout most of the empire. In presenting the political resistance to abol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM on February 12, 2020