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The Color of Shakespeare

Friday, March 30, 2007

It wasn't long ago that minstrel shows featuring white actors in blackface were all the rage in America. They were hokey, slapdash, and completely offensive -- but some of them were based on the greatest plays in the English language. Richard Paul examines how Shakespeare's plays collided with American race politics

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Richard Paul

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