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Theatre Dept’s Top Girls Director Responds to Actresses Playing Against Race

By Bwog Staff on Oct 24, 2013 12 Comments

Audiences at the theatre department’s production of Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls last weekend were surprised and a little appalled to see the character of Lady Nijo, a Japanese courtesan, played by a white actress wearing a black wig and orientalist eye makeup. The decision to cast a white actress in the role of a woman […]

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