Tag Archives: Ken Nwosu

A 19th century anti-slavery melodrama is revisited by a modern black playwright

Robert Tanitch reviews An Octoroon at Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, Surrey. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s An Octoroon is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault’s anti-slavery melodrama, The Octoroon or Life in ...

Mark 2921 views 0 likes May 25, 2017

The RSC stage Ben Jonson’s always topical satire on avarice and lust

Robert Tanitch reviews the RSC’s The Alchemist at Barbican Theatre, London EC2 Con-men and their stings have always been good for box-office on stage and film. Ben Jonson’s Alchemist, always topical s ...

Mark 4828 views 0 likes Sep 15, 2016