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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Romeo & Juliet theatre star suffers ‘barrage’ of online racial abuse

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers will star as Juliet to Tom Holland’s Romeo in Jamie Lloyd’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers will star as Juliet to Tom Holland’s Romeo in Jamie Lloyd’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Photograph: RomeoJulietLDN

A theatre company has condemned the “barrage of deplorable racial abuse” that has been directed at a cast member of a new production of Romeo & Juliet.

In a statement on Friday, the Jamie Lloyd Company said the online abuse “must stop” and that further harassment would be reported. It came after the announcement of the full cast of the show, including Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as Romeo and Juliet, alongside Freema Agyeman, Michael Balogun, Tomiwa Edun, Mia Jerome, Daniel Quinn-Toye and Ray Sesay.

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