The first new play proper to run outdoors at the Globe since ‘I, Joan’, actor Anne Odeke’s play tells the extraordinary story of Princess Dinubolu, the first woman of colour to enter a beauty pageant in the UK: way back in 1908, Southend-on-Sea. Almost certainly not a princess, the mysterious woman was initially barred from the contest, but insisted upon entering – and succeeded after no rules were found stopping her. Odeke stars, in a production directed by Robin Belfield.
Princess Essex
Time Out says
New drama about the extraordinary true story of the first Black woman to enter an English beauty contest
Details
- Address:
- Shakespeare's Globe
- 21
- New Globe Walk
- Bankside
- London
- SE1 9DT
- Contact:
- View Website
- Transport:
- Tube: Blackfriars/Mansion House/London Bridge
- Price:
- £5-£75
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