‘I really believe in revivals of Black work’: why a director brought back Chadwick Boseman’s play Deep Azure

The late actor’s writing was overshadowed by roles in blockbusters. Now, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is giving his play about grief the audience it deserves • Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. Last week I went to watch the play Deep Azure, written by the late actor Chadwick Boseman, at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, part of the Globe theatre in London. It’s a show full of verve, poetry powered by hip-hop, Jacobean verse and beautifully ch...

By Morgan Ofori