The risk of modern drama set in the past rather than written at the time is hindsight: author and characters are too aware of how things turn out. But an exception must be made for stories that couldn’t have been staged in their own period.
20 June 2024, The Tablet
A high-risk passion
Segregation story still resonates
Magnificent casting: Saskia Holness, Deborah Ayorinde and Owen Whitelaw
photo: Mark Senior
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