Paul Robeson’s Love Song – an audio play
Tayo Aluko & Friends (Nigeria/UK)
Clearing out their late mother’s belongings, two siblings in Kenosha
discover a package containing a record, suggesting a possible hidden
romantic link between their grandmother and African-American singer and
activist Paul Robeson, dating back to 1949. Watching coverage of
protests at the latest police shooting happening in their city, they
recall her story of racist, anti-Semitic and anti-Communist protests at
a Robeson concert outside Peekskill, NY. The tense and uncertain run-up
to the November 2020 elections reveals the best and the worst of their
country in violent conflict, in a repeat of that hot summer of 1949.
This
is an imagined story based around the Peekskill and Kenosha happenings.
‘A political
and cultural feast, delivered with panache, humour and plenty of
sumptuous baritone’ ***** (Morning Star)
‘The writing was
authentic and the dialogue delivered incredibly well by the cast. [An]
emotional and powerful piece of theatre’ Number9Reviews.blogspot.com)
‘Thoroughly
compelling and highly educational’ (Writebase.co.uk)
Written
by | Tayo Aluko
Cast in order of appearance
Adele Spears |
Ananda Bena-Weber
George Simons | Bob Weick
Paul Robeson | Tayo
Aluko
Charlie Daniels | Nils Swanson
Benjamin Winger | Michael Bias
Jessica
Winger | Lisa Merrill
Essie Robeson | Leslie McCurdy
Paul Robeson,
Jr | Mark Atkinson
Lloyd Brown | Darryl Van Leer
Helen Rosen |
Michelle Pauls
Sidney Danis | David Rovics
Pianist |
Dennis Nelson
Directed by | Olusola Oyeleye
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Author Tayo Aluko
Language Performed in English
Captioning Automatic closed captions in English
Dates Available now
Format Digital on-demand
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Theatre
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£12.00 -
29 September 2022 -
56 minutes -
C ARTS | C venues | C digital -
portal – on demand -
12+ (guidance) -
Contains distressing themes, contains some anti-Semitic and racist language
