They had help from Vyvyan Richards
(who had formerly planned to set up a printing press with his close friend T. E. Lawrence
), which was needed since neither had much experience with hand-presses. They...
Family and Intimate relationships
Jackie Kay
JK
's adoptive mother (my mum), Helen Kay
, was (like her husband) a white Communist Party activist. She came from Lochgelly in Fife, where her father was a miner,
Kay, Jackie. Red Dust Road. Pan Macmillan, 2010.
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and...
Reception
Radclyffe Hall
This was first sung during World War I, and its enormous popularity meant that it was still well-known during World War II. Paul Robeson
, too, sang a version of it and it acquired an...
Occupation
H. D.
HD's film writing of the 1930s went along with the actual making of films. Together with Bryher
, she helped to set up Pool Films or POOL
, whose productions included Wingbeat, Foothills...
Performance of text
Bryher
The POOL
collective produced four silent films, the best-known and most ambitious of which is Borderline (1930). Presenting a seemingly disjointed, obscure mix of racial and sexual conflicts, Borderline shows the influences of Pabst
,...
Timeline
1 November 1920: US playwright Eugene O'Neill had his first...
Writing climate item
1 November 1920
US playwright Eugene O'Neill
had his first big success when Emperor Jones, the earliest serious drama by an American with a Black protagonist, had its debut in New York in a production by the...
September 1930: Shakespeare's Othello opened at the Savoy...
Building item
September 1930
Shakespeare's Othello opened at the Savoy Theatre
starring Paul Robeson
and Peggy Ashcroft
: it shocked some in the audience on racist grounds.