{"id":4919,"date":"2015-11-30T10:52:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T15:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=4919"},"modified":"2020-08-26T22:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T02:17:23","slug":"debra-ann-byrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=4919","title":{"rendered":"Debra Ann Byrd"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_573\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4919-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/DebraAnnByrd.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/DebraAnnByrd.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/DebraAnnByrd.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links 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class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-2.png);background-position:48% 45%\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-2.png?w=695\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6893\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"font-size:26px\"><strong>Othello: Act 5, Scene<\/strong> <strong>2<br>Othello<\/strong><br><strong>November 30, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:15.776147710658343%\"><figure 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data-url=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/LOGO_HSF_477x229.jpg\" data-width=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/LOGO_HSF_477x229.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:35.39036859139964%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img_TWASInc_Othello2_Dec.2013.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img_TWASInc_Othello2_Dec.2013.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=800 800w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"531\" data-id=\"6941\" data-link=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=6941\" data-url=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img_TWASInc_Othello2_Dec.2013.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img_TWASInc_Othello2_Dec.2013.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From Henrietta Vinton Davis to Paul Robeson to The Harlem Shakespeare Festival, African American Shakespeare has a long rich history. <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4803\">Debra Ann Byrd<\/a>, the delightful HSF Founding Artistic Director, continues the tradition with an\u00a0all-female production of Othello that hit the stage this November. She\u00a0shares with us her inspiration for taking\u00a0on this most racially and sexually charged\u00a0of Shakespeare&#8217;s plays,\u00a0and giving it such a radical twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here to <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4795\">follow along with the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for a <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4798\">scanned version of the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributing editor: &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lucy Freyer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/DebraAnnByrd.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Youtube Music | RSS Othello: Act 5, Scene 2OthelloNovember 30, 2015 From Henrietta Vinton Davis to Paul Robeson to The Harlem Shakespeare Festival, African American Shakespeare has a long rich history. 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