A Casting Controversy Tangled Up in ‘Blood Knot’
American Players Theatre’s production of Athol Fugard’s play about mixed-race brothers has raised thorny questions about representation.
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American Players Theatre’s production of Athol Fugard’s play about mixed-race brothers has raised thorny questions about representation.
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