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Black Theater Artists Are Helping Shakespeare Speak To More Diverse Audiences John Douglas Thompson portrays the magician Prospero in a Commonwealth Shakespeare Company production of The Tempest in Boston this month. Evgenia Eliseeva / Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Thousands of people will lay down blankets this week and watch Commonwealth Shakespeare Company s annual production in Boston Common, the heart of the city s sacred civic space. This year s selection, following a year off because of the pandemic, is The Tempest. The production stars John Douglas Thompson as Prospero, a powerful magician ruling over a tiny island. Thompson, 57, didn t take to the stage until his late 20s, but then quickly built a reputation as one of the greatest stage actors now working. He s earned a Tony Award nomination for his work in August Wilson s

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