Arts Politics Professor Anna Deavere Smith Opens Acclaimed Play 'Notes From the Field' in London

Thursday, Jun 21, 2018

Anna Deavere Smith sits on chair in front of blue background with images of barbed wire

From HBO's release of Notes from the Field

Professor Anna Deavere Smith has opened her acclaimed one woman play, Notes From the Field (which was also released digitally through HBO earlier this year) at the Royal Court in London. The play discusses America's school to prison pipeline through the voices of 17 characters - all real people tied into this system and all played by Smith. She developed this verbatim production using her revolutionary process, by conducting hundreds of interviews.

Read reviews and discussions of the London production:

"Notes from the Field review – searing exposé of the school-to-jail pipeline" - The Guardian

"Notes from the Field, Royal Court, review: giving America's trauma an urgent voice" - The Telegraph

"Notes from the Field review at Royal Court, London – ‘a blistering performance’" - The Stage