William Henry Brown, a free Black American, organized a production of Shakespeare’s Richard III under his company, African Grove Theatre. At the same time, the leading producer of New York City ...

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Accounts of the largely lost history of the African Grove Theatre ... favorite things is that these Black people were audacious enough to want to even approach Shakespeare,” says Guinea Bennett ...

The company, founded by William Henry Brown, a free Black man also known ... named Stephen Price challenged the African Grove Theatre's production of Shakespeare's "Richard III" with one of ...

Any attempt to constrict Shakespeare to the confines of ideological battles pertaining to race, gender, and colonialism could ...

or to provide a more lively interpretation of white theater by acknowledging the vibrancy of the black experience (in the words of the African Company's manager: “Say ya Shakespeare like ya want").