A udiences from New York
ZA to England have had high
X \-praise for"W.E.B. Du Bois: A
Man for All Times." Now, the NBTF set
will get a chance to see what all the hype
is about.
Presented by New York's Pulse
Ensemble Theatre and written and
directed by Alexa Kelly, the play spans nearly all of Du Bois' 95 years ot lite.
Brian Richardsonis gripping as Du Bois, effectively portraying the writer and
activists powerful life saga.
Du Bois was born in Great Barrington, Mass. in 1868, three years after the
end of the Civil War. He died in Ghana in 1963. During the more than
nine decades that he lived, he accomplished much, including becoming the
first African-American to earn a doctorate from Harvard; co-founding the
NAACP; leading the Niagara Movement for equal rights for blacks; authoring
the groundbreaking collection of essays
"The Soul of Black Folk;" and pushing
for Pan Africanism. His private life has
not been as well documented as his
public work. Kelly's play provides insight
into some of his personal highs and
lows and shows the content of this giant
of a mans character.
The play recently finished a three
venue tour of Europe, where audiences
showed their appreciation with
standing ovations. Queen Beatrix of the
Netherlands was among the attendees,
and she had nothing but good things
to say about the play and the man
it celebrates.
"A very wonderful play about an excellent and dedicated man," the Queen
said. "He deserves to be remembered."
One reviewer said, "Brian Richardson gives Du Bois a fiery dignity that the
real Du Bois would have approved." The actor is classically trained and has
displayed his acting chops in a number of other Pulse Ensemble productions,
including "Macbeth," "The Tempest," "Night Must Fall" and "The Lower
Depths." Richardson was born in Belize and raised in Trinidad and Tobago,
where began acting in 1981. He has been based in New York since 1989.
Kelly is a native of London. She crossed the pond to study at the University
of North Carolina and remained in the United States to teach acting and to
host a regional PBS show. She founded Pulse Ensemble Theatre in 1989 and
has been its artistic director ever since. Kelly has directed 48 of Pulses main
stage productions. ?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Brian Richardson portrays W.E.B. Du Bois.
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