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The Shearer Players was an all-black repertory group founded by Liz Shearer White (died 1993). White was an African-American independent theatre and film producer, also known for her stage production of Shakespeare's Othello with an all-black cast. A programme for a production of "Angel Street", consisting of black printed text on white paper. Liz White acted and directed in the production, which was sponsored by New York Esquires, Inc. The show's original name is "Gas Light" but is known in the United States as "Angel Street."