‘I wish she could have seen the change happening right now’: trailblazing theatre star Pearl Prescod - The Guardian

The actor and campaigner came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago in 1954 and rose to join Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre company. Clint Dyer and others explain why we should remember her

Pearl Prescods star soared high in her day. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she became the first Black actor to play with the National Theatre company, under Laurence Olivier, in London in 1965. She app… [+6089 chars]

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