Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti

Red Velvet

Lolita Chakrabarti

90 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction play reflective sad slow-paced

Description

Red Velvet is about the nineteenth century black American actor Ira Aldridge. In a theatre dressing room in Poland, an elderly and sick Aldridge prepares to play King Lear. The intrusion of a young female journalist forces him to look back on the ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 33 reviews

Moods

reflective 75%
sad 75%
emotional 50%
dark 25%
funny 25%
inspiring 25%
tense 25%

Pace

fast 60%
slow 20%
medium 20%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

N/A: 33% | No: 33% | Yes: 33%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 33% | No: 33% | Yes: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 66% | No: 33%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

Average rating

3.93

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