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Princess Essex review - black beauty queen turns Edwardian idiocy on itself; Shakespeare's Globe, London Vaudevillian musical stages the story of a woman who cast herself as Princess Dinubolu of Senegal to become a beauty queen in 1908 Southend

Source :
The Guardian (London, England). September 20, 2024
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Byline: Rachael Healy Star Rating: 3 stars In Southend-on-Sea, 1908, Princess Dinubolu of Senegal became the first woman of colour to enter a beauty pageant in the UK. Whether she [...]

Subjects

Subjects :
Musical theater

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02613077
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
The Guardian (London, England)
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
edsgcl.809379343