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The Monday Play: Les Blancs

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The last play that American writer Lorraine Hansberry worked on before her death in 1965, Les Blancsvias finished, from her notes and their conversations, by her husband Robert Nemiroff. This is its first British production.
Returning home to an Africa in the midst of an anti-colonial war, Tshembe Matoseh must make a choice. The question is, can liberation ever be achieved without violent revolution?
Adapted and directed by Heather Goodman

Contributors

Unknown:
Lorraine Hansberry
Unknown:
Robert Nemiroff.
Unknown:
Tshembe Matoseh
Directed By:
Heather Goodman
Tshembe:
Leo Wringer
Abioseh:
Hugh Quarshie
Eric:
Osei Bentil
Peter:
Rudolph Walker
Charlie Morris:
Stuart Milligan
Major Rice:
Jack Klaff
Dr Dekoven:
Lyndam Gregory
Madame Neilson:
Lala Lloyd
Dr Gotterling:
Vivienne Rochester
Source: Radio Times

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