Albert and Equiano
Posted by Cptn
There’s still some life left in the Exeter Royal Albert Memorial Museum (that’s RAMM to you), and it will be brought to life with the play Albert and the Story of Equiano.
The story of Equiano is the kind of thing that would make Professor James Watson’s toes curl - an 18th century slave from Nigeria who becomes a renown voice in the British Abolition movement.
Olaudah Euqiano became a slave at 10, endured the transatlantic passage to the plantations of the West Indies. He was bought as a toy-boy, he served in the British Navy and was sold back to the plantations before gaining his freedom and going to London.
The one man play Albert and the Story of Euqiano was written by Jayne Newton-Chance, is directed by Sheila Snellgrove of the Barbican Theatre and will be performed by David Oddie.
The performance will be in the museum art gallery at 7pm. Free tickets are available (while they last) at the museum reception.
The play is part of Black History Month and marksthe bicentenary of the British Act of Parliament to abolish the slave trade.
If you liked this story, you could buy us a coffee --------------------------------------------------------------------October 23rd, 2007
