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The National Theatre’s Black Plays Archive project was initiated by the playwright and former NT Associate Kwame Kwei-Armah. Throughout the project academics, practitioners, funders and volunteers have all contributed to its development.Those who have worked on the producing strand of the project in creating video and audio resources are credited throughout the site
Funders:
Arts Council England
Sustained Theatre
Partners:
Black Cultural Archives
We would especially like to thank Hannah Ishmael, Assistant Archivist at Black Cultural Archives whose support contributed to the research on the Black Plays Archive project.
We would like to thank the following individuals, their expertise and support has been invaluable:
Michael Abbensetts, Mojisola Adebayo, Oladipo Agboluaje, SuAndi, Martin Banham, Ed Berman, Michael Bhim, Steven Bourne, Yvonne Brewster, Linda Brogan, Michael Buffong, Burt Caesar, Ellen Cairns, Julia Calver, Topher Campbell, Elena Carter, Colin Chambers, Susan Croft, Felix Cross, Pat Cumper, Anna Evans, Bernadine Evaristo, Karen Fisher, Malcolm Fredrick, Segun Lee French, Sarah Garrod, Hugo Glendinning, Lynette Goddard, David Gregory, Isobel Hawson, Philip Hedley, David Hermanstein,Tyrone Huggins, Rhian Hughes, Saul Hyman, Alby James, Thomas Kell, Arinze Kene, Nicolas Kent, Don Kinch, Anthony Ekundayo-Lennon, Valerie Mason-John, Mustapha Matura, Michael Mayhew, Murray Melvin, Kerry Michaels, Courttia Newland, Deirdre Osborne, Maria Oshodi, Michael Pearce, Anton Philips, Winsome Pinnock, Imran Rahman, Paulette Randall, Paul Reid, Ramona Riedzewski, Dr Suzanne Scafe, Raja Shakiry, Michael Simmons, Lemn Sissay, Hannah Smith, Derek Walcott, Edgar Nkosi White, Roy Williams, Ge Zhang
Volunteers:
Dionne Farrell, Flavia Lamprecht, Callissa Mitterbach, Akash Sikah, Stephen Strauss
For the National Theatre:
Project Manager: Natasha Bonnelame: 2011 - 2014
Project Manager: Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway: 2009 - 2010
In addition to a number of staff across the organisation we would like to especially thank the following National Theatre departments: Archive, Digital Media, Learning, NT Studio, Publications and Sound
Archives and Organisations:
Black Cultural Archives
Clean Break Theatre Company
Future Histories
George Padmore Institute
Goldsmiths University
Inter-Action
Islington Local History Centre
Leeds University
Nitro
Ovalhouse Archive
Pilot Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Company
Talawa Theatre Company
Tiata Fahodzi
The Albany
The Royal Court
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
The Theatre and Performance Department, Victoria & Albert Museum
Theatre Royal Stratford East Archive
West Yorkshire Playhouse
To individuals not listed and to the staff of the many archives we have consulted we extend our thanks.