‘The tension was incredible’: what do British audiences make of the controversial Slave Play?
Jeremy O Harris’s drama has crossed the Atlantic in a blaze of drama – and the reactions of opening-night attendees differed wildly
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Jeremy O Harris’s drama has crossed the Atlantic in a blaze of drama – and the reactions of opening-night attendees differed wildly
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