Paul Robeson last visited North Staffordshire on October 31, 1958 when he appeared at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, as part of his final British tour. Accompanied onstage by his longtime friend and associate Lawrence Brown, Robeson had a programme for the evening that was, as usual, extremely varied. Over the years he had extended his repertoire to ...

Aldridge was already, he was a keen actor and he realised that his prospects of Success in racially segregated America were essentially poor. He made his debut on the English stage and was described as' the first night of the celebrated American Tragedian in a new and effective melodramatic romance called 'The Revolt of Surinam ( ...