Deep Are the Roots with Stephen Bourne

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Deep Are the Roots with Stephen Bourne
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Location: Carnegie Library
Cost: Free Neighbourhood: Brixton

In 2021 Stephen celebrated thirty years of writing black British history books. His first, Aunt Esther’s Story, was published in October 1991. To mark this achievement, he has written Deep Are the Roots – Trailblazers Who Changed Black British Theatre for The History Press. The book was published on 7 October 2021.

Deep Are the Roots celebrates the pioneers of black British theatre, beginning in 1825 when Ira Aldridge made history as the first black actor to play Shakespeare’s Othello in the United Kingdom, and ending in 1975 with the success of Britain’s first black-led theatre company.

Event organised by The Friends of Carnegie Library

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192 Herne Hill Road
London
SE24 0DG
United Kingdom

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Contact name: Zoey Dixon
Contact job title: Community Hub Library Manager: Carnegie, Minet, Upper Norwood and Waterloo Libraries Development Librarian: Information, Digital and Channel Shift
Contact phone: 020 7926 6050
Enquiries email: CarnegieLibrary@lambeth.gov.uk