Juliet should be a dream role. For a black actor tackling Shakespeare, it can be a nightmare | Nina Bowers
The racist abuse directed at Francesca Amewudah-Rivers shows how casting decisions have been hijacked by the culture wars It's a young actor's worst nightmare: to land the role of a lifetime and then find yourself thrown into a media frenzy of vitriol. Over the past two weeks, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers has been the target of an intense and hateful backlash after she was cast in an upcoming production of Romeo and Jul…