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Black & White Minstrel Show

I just heard something on TV about this so I looked it up on youtube: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCYzb1vENQ It says that Lenny Henry was the first black person to appear on this show (check the info). Why isn't this mentioned? Its utterly bizaare and I can't believe a show like that existed so recently. Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_and_White_Minstrel_Show. Its mentioned there with a source from the BBC website. He was in it for five years and was the first black comedian on it.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.223.176 (talk) 10:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's lots about this in his autobiography, could add this with a reference. RomQuant (talk) 18:15, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shakespeare

Would it not make sense for the section entitled 'Shakespeare' to be changed to 'theatre'? I know he has an interest in Shakespeare and has performed in a lot of these works, but this leaves out his non-Shakespearean theatrical roles as well, such as Fences at the Duchess Theatre in 2013. Just a thought...feel free to disagree. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.166.185 (talk • contribs)

Charitable Works

Lenny Henry's work as co-founder of Comic Relief and Red Nose Day deserves its own section. (Somebody deleted my previous contributions). I will be working on this Special Section in due course as there are plenty of excellent resources and references to achieve this aim. This also applies to the Comic Scriptwriter, Richard Curtis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TouchingHeaven247 (talk • contribs)

County of birth ;

I recently edited this from Worcester to West Midlands and stand corrected that it should indeed be Worcester however, should it be made clear that it was Worcester at that time somehow ? I was born in Dudley and did not know this historic fact but the (I assume) document(s) using this time set method of birthplace could help avoid confusion with an advisory to help people understand. I also realise this is more a wiki issue than a Lenny issue. 84.65.223.68 (talk) 12:44, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP born in Dudley. After correcting your edit, I added the text "" to the edit page. As stated at Template:Infobox person#Parameters "What the place may correspond to on a modern map is a matter for an article's main text." so we do not add "now West Midlands", or similar text, to the infobox. Best wishes - Arjayay (talk) 12:58, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]