Jamie Lloyd, director of the Tom Holland-led West Finish revival of Romeo & Juliet, launched a press release on Friday condemning an incident of “deplorable racial abuse” towards an unnamed solid member.
“Following the announcement of our Romeo & Juliet solid, there was a barrage of deplorable racial abuse on-line directed in the direction of a member of our firm,” Lloyd’s theater firm wrote on social media. “This should cease. We’re working with a outstanding group of artists. We insist that they’re free to create work with out dealing with on-line harassment.”
Information of the manufacturing first made headlines in February. The present will open at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre on Could 23, and run via August. Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, recognized for her onscreen position in Unhealthy Training, will play Juliet. The remaining solid consists of Freema Agyeman (nurse), Michael Balogun (friar), Tomiwa Edun (Capulet), Mia Jerome (Montague), Daniel Quinn-Toye (Depend Paris) and Ray Sesay (Tybalt).
Lloyd’s assertion, launched by way of the Duke of York’s Theatre’s social media, continued: “We’ll proceed to help and defend everybody in our firm in any respect prices. Any abuse won’t be tolerated and will probably be reported. Bullying and harassment don’t have any place, in our business or in our wider communities.”
On-line, the Romeo & Juliet instagram web page had additionally disabled feedback as of this text’s publication on Sunday. Lloyd additionally famous that the corporate “will proceed to rehearse with generosity and love, and give attention to the creation of our manufacturing.”
Holland started his appearing profession onstage, making a reputation for himself as one of many younger stars of Billy Elliot: The Musical within the West Finish. Romeo & Juliet will probably be his first return to the stage since then.