Word: oyelowo
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...said, the citizenry will bear this no longer, just like the citizens of 15th century England who rebelled against their aristocratic rulers, tired of the bloodletting and power struggles. He had just seen the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) production of Henry VI. During its run, actors David Oyelowo and Chuk Iwuji - both of African origin - have been superb Kings, inhabiting the past and the present, and conveying through old conflicts the anguish of the strife now ravaging African nations, as well as the defiant optimism that may yet save them...
...This cycle boasts at least two star-making performances. The 24-year-old David Oyelowo is a magnificent Henry VI. His Queen meanwhile is the terrifying Fiona Bell, whose Margaret moves from manipulative beauty to a crazed outcast, dragging her slaughtered son's bones around in a sack. Earlier, Samuel West and particularly RSC regular David Troughton proved electric as Richard II and his nemesis Bolingbroke (later Henry IV). Desmond Barritt is a sad, lyrical Falstaff, and newcomer William Houston exciting but mannered as Henry...
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