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Press Cuttings : God is black: cutting 1984
Item type: Press CuttingsArchive reference: YMP/F/11/12
Date/year: 1984
Description:
Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Whole text: 'Organisers of York's 500-year-old Mystery Play have chosen black American Keith Jefferson to play God.' The choice of black teacher and actor Keith Jefferson created a lot of media interest in this year, when the plays were in Museum Gardens as part of the York Festival.
There had been a black King/Magi at least twice, from photograhs.
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