Janet Suzman
Janet Suzman Plays Down "Theatre Is White Invention" Comments
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 December 2014
Janet Suzman's remarks didn't go down particularly well in the Twittersphere.
Dame Janet Suzman, the 74-year-old actress who was quoted in The Guardian as saying theatre was in the DNA of white people but not others, has moved to play down the remarks. Dame Janet told the BBC that her comments were exaggerated and that the ethnicity of stage actors "doesn't matter."
Image caption Janet Suzman suggested that theatre was in "white DNA"
Originally, the Shakespearean actor was responding to Meera Syal's appeal to the theatre industry to cater for more Asian audiences.
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