Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

Kwame Kwei-Armah’s embarrassing update of Love Thy Neighbour: Beneatha’s Place, at the Young Vic, reviewed

Plus: another race-hate play at the Arcola Theatre

Cherrelle Skeete, Zackary Momoh, Tom Godwin and Nia Gywnne in Beneatha’s Place at Young Vic. Image: © Johan Persson  
issue 15 July 2023

Beneatha’s Place, set in the 1950s, follows a black couple who encounter racial prejudice when they move to a predominately white suburb. The location is Nigeria but it might as well be the USA because most of the characters, both black and white, are American. (The Young Vic has strong links with America, and a transfer to Broadway may be under discussion.)

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