Black Birds poster

Trading Faces Re-collecting Slavery project was officially launched in November 2008. The catalogues of the Talawa Theatre archive, as well as archives held at the V&A, including Black Mime, Temba, Alfred Fagon, Unity Theatre, Round House, and ACE Ethnic Minority Arts Unit, were made accessible for the first time.

Date

1927-01-1927

Creator

V&A Theatre Collections

Abstract

Poster of Black Birds. The performance staged in 1927 at the London Pavillion for 200 performances, starred Florence Mills and The Famous Plantation Orchestra, presenting several numbers portraying life in the American Deep South.

Copyright

V&A Theatre Collections

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Black Birds Poster