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Directed by Ron Daniels, The Return of Benjamin Lay runs from May 1 to 18, with 15 performances on stage at Quintessence Theatre at the Sedgwick. It’s 2025.
Quintessence Theatre’s current production, The Return of Benjamin Lay, running through May 18, is a rousing effort to get modern audiences to see the British abolitionist Quaker as a prescient ...
Benjamin Lay was an 18th-century abolitionist and animal rights advocate. He was also part of the Quakers, a Christian religious community heavily present in Pennsylvania at the time he was alive.
The award-winning London production of THE RETURN OF BENJAMIN LAY is coming to the Sheen Center. Following the Sunday, March 16 matinee performance, the show will host a talkback with the full ...
Daisy got a behind-the-scenes look at 'The Return of Benjamin Lay' that's playing at the Braddock Carnegie Library from January 31 to February 23.
Among them is Benjamin Lay, an early-18th-century Quaker who fought against slavery “at a time when almost no white people thought it was wrong.” ...