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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom review " August Wilson's blues still electrify by Michael Billington

Lyttelton theatre, LondonThis big, bold piece about 1920s race relations is a play of passion and power, starring a majestic Sharon D Clarke as the bisexual singerAugust Wilson's play has enormous historical significance in that, in 1984, it became the first African American drama since A Raisin in the Sun (1959) to become a Broadway hit. Although it was given its British premiere at the Cottesloe in 1989, its reviva…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM on February 3, 2016

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