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The Comedy About Spies at Noel Coward Theatre review: bungling, buffoonish hilarity

4/5 Finally, Mischief may have found a match for their smash hit The Play That Goes Wrong

Evening Standard · May 14, 2025

‘Why is Bridgerton’s race twisting acceptable?’ The real problem with the show’s Black fantasy

Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte and its imitators have been praised for bringing diversity to the very white world of historical drama. But could these Black fantasies actually be dangerous?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023

Queen Cleopatra review: casting is not the problem with Netflix docudrama

Netflix’s drama-documentary made headlines last month when the Egyptian government denounced it as a “historical fallacy”, because the show insists that Cleopatra was black, said Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph. No one knows what colour Cleopatra’s skin was, but she is widely believed to have been of Greek-Macedonian descent. 

The Week · May 18, 2023

Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra star responds to ‘fundamentally racist’ casting backlash

‘I think it’s distressing for anybody to receive any level of abuse, let alone the scale and the nature of what I’ve received,’ British actor said

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra star responds to ‘fundamentally racist’ casting backlash

‘I think it’s distressing for anybody to receive any level of abuse, let alone the scale and the nature of what I’ve received,’ British actor said

The Independent UK · May 13, 2023

The Week Unwrapped: Erdogan’s last stand, childbirth in prison and Cleopatra

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Julia O’Driscoll, Harriet Marsden and Jamie Timson.

The Week · May 12, 2023

Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra actor Adele James responds to ‘fundamentally racist’ casting backlash

‘I think it’s distressing for anybody to receive any level of abuse, let alone the scale and the nature of what I’ve received,’ British actor said

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra actor Adele James responds to ‘fundamentally racist’ casting backlash

‘I think it’s distressing for anybody to receive any level of abuse, let alone the scale and the nature of what I’ve received,’ British actor said

The Independent UK · May 11, 2023

Do we need this take on Cleopatra?

Netflix's "Queen Cleopatra" has its moments but do we really need another take on this superstar of history?

Salon · May 11, 2023

Netflix’s Black Cleopatra docudrama spurs furious Egyptian broadcaster to create rival with light-skinned lead

Egypt’s Al Wathaeqya channel says their documentary will be based on the ‘utmost levels’ of research and accuracy

The Independent UK · May 10, 2023