Crossing Lines

An Analysis of Integration and Separatism Within Black Theatre in Britain (PhD)

Respondent or information from other source:
Dr Alda Terracciano

Aims, policies, purpose/impetus for project:
To explore the history of the Black Theatre Forum

Dates:
It started in 1997 and finished in 2001. because of my involvement with Future Histories archive (co-founder and director) I continued to have direct involvement with artists from the black community with regards to private archive holdings

Key individuals and roles involved: Only myself

Paid or voluntary, training in oral history: I attended short courses at V&A on oral history

Project funded by: University of Salerno/Italy

Management of project: N/A

Format of interviews: Audio Cassettes

How interviewees are selected and located:
Selected on the basis of their involvement with the Black Theatre Forum

Interview running time: Between 30 min and 2 hours

Copyright in interviews. Assignment rights?: No form was signed

Location of interview copies. Accessibility to public/format:
Not currently accessible

Collection contact details/website: N/A

Interview transcripts/lists of topics or other content indexes:
Most part of the interviews were transcribed

Cataloguing: No

Future plans for project/interviews?: Publication

Materials used for publications, exhibitions, conferences, radio/TV programmes or performances etc or future plans for this?:
They formed the basis for the publication of a chapter on the Black Theatre Forum activities for the book ̉Mainstreaming Black Theatre"

Project website: None

List on a joint (possibly STR) website: Yes

Join listserv/emailing list/forum: Yes

Further information:

List of interviewees provided: Yes


Interviewees

Jatinder Verma: approx 2 hours
Yvonne Brewster: approx 1 hour
Alby James: approx 1 hour
Malcolm Fredericks: approx 30 min
Anton Phillips: approx 1 hr
Gordon Case: approx 1 hour
Paulette Randall: approx 1 hr
Felix Cross: approx 1 hr



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21st April 2009

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