Sewell Barn Theatre Sewell Barn Theatre Sewell Barn Theatre is located in the grounds of Sewell Park Academy (formerly the Blyth school, later the Blyth-Jex school and Sewell Park College) on Constitution Hill in Norwich, England. It is home to a popular amateur theatre company, with close historical links to the author Anna Sewell who wrote "Black Beauty". The auditorium features raked seating on three sides of an open acting space. This unusual staging helps to draw the audience deeply into the performance. Ground level spaces can be provided for audience members with limited mobility. The auditorium also provides an unusual and convenient
Horace Sewell was known to his comrades and subordinates, and he was recognized as "black" by Americans who he came in contact with during his World War II posting. Horace Sewell Brigadier-General Horace Somerville Sewell, CMG, DSO & bar (1881–1953) was an officer in the British Army during World War I, notable for his mixed-race ancestry. Horace Sewell was born in Wales on 10 February 1881; he was the third son of Henry Sewell, who was in turn the eldest son of the prominent Jamaica planter William Sewell and the mulatto former slave Mary McCrea. Henry Sewell returned to England, where he