Sharon Benson on the 'perfect part for a black actress'

The theatre performer has been chosen to grace a special Royal Mail stamp marking the 200th anniversary of The Old Vic. Here she talks playing Carmen Jones, her career highlights and making her mum proud

ACTRESS SHARON Benson, 50, played the lead role in Simon Callow’s 1991 production of Hammerstein’s 1943 Broadway musical, Carmen Jones. The show ran at The Old Vic for a season and subsequently won five major awards including the 1992 Laurence Olivier Award for best musical. Here, Benson, who is also qualified counsellor and has dreams of working on a James Bond film, talks about the honour of appearing on a Royal Mail commemorative stamp, her theatre career and the importance of Carmen for black performers.

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