ALAN McGUIRE welcomes a biography of the French semiologist and philosopher
A forgotten voice in women’s fight for control over their fertility
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(L to R) Samira Wiley as Angel, Ronkẹ Adekoluejo as Delia, Sule Rimi as Sam and Giles Terera as Guy
[Marc Brenner] 
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JOE GILL wholeheartedly recommends an eloquent manifesto: how to change the world one local project at a time
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Blues For An Alabama Sky
Lyttleton, National Theatre
IN JUNE of this year, the 1972 landmark case of Roe v Wade which gave women the right to abortion in the US, was overturned in a shocking attack on women’s rights.
Women’s fight for control over their fertility lies at the heart at Pearl Cleage’s 1995 drama which is given a timely revival in Lynette Linton’s dazzling new production.
Queer seamster Guy (Giles Terera) shares his apartment with songstress Angel (Samira Wiley) in Harlem as the great depression is talking hold. Their intimate bond owes much to their differing natures, with the diamond-hearted and hopeful Guy providing a lively sounding board for Angel’s raging vulnerabilities.
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