He wears a shirt by MARGARET HOWELL and a jacket by MHL MARGARET HOWELL. There was a time when Paapa Essiedu’s talent was a secret known only to the British theater establishment. The actor, who was born in East London, joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2012 and played a string of roles both there and at the National Theatre. He played Hamlet in 2016 with “a priceless vitality, ” according to The Guardian, and won best performance in a play at the UK Theatre Awards.1 In 2020, that all changed when Essiedu took This story is from Kinfolk Issue Forty-Three Buy Now Related Stories Arts & Culture Films Issue 51 Vicky Krieps An interview with the actor. Arts & Culture Issue 50 Angela Trimbur “I’m talking to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority…. I want to do a rat king ballet in the subway.” Arts & Culture Issue 44 Stage Frights The logic of theater superstitions. Arts & Culture Issue 42 Audience Participation The new rules for watching movies. Arts & Culture Issue 33 Waris Jewelry designer. Wes Anderson regular. Environmental crusader. The many marvelous lives of Waris Ahluwalia. Arts & Culture Issue 23 Elisa Humble, hard-working and taking on Hollywood: Rising actor Elisa Lasowski talks to Pip Usher.
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