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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
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