That Black Theatre Podcast: 1950s, The Windrush Generation, Errol John and Barry Reckord

This week we are delving into a seminal point in Black British theatre, the 1950s. We look at the historical backdrop of the post-war period, mass immigration, and the Windrush Generation. Two important playwrights who were part of that generation were Errol John and Barry Reckord. Their plays ‘Moon on a Rainbow Shawl’ and ‘Flesh to a Tiger’, look at the lives of Black people in the Caribbean under colonial rule, and the motivations many people had for making the journey to live and wor...