Les Blancs

Archive Listings for Les Blancs

T0861190793 (ROYEX01) Production sponsored by Bruntwood.Company Royal Exchange Theatre. Director Greg Hersov. Director Maranne Elliott. Design Liz Cooke. Choreographer Joanne Bernard. Lighting Bruno Poet. Sound Steve Brown. Music Juwon Ogungbe. Performer Paterson Joseph (Tshembe). Performer Paul Hilton (Charlie Morris). Performer Avril Elgar (Madame Neilson). Performer Yemi Ajibade. Performer Sean Arnold. Performer Joanne Bernard. Performer O.T. Agbenle. Performer Chris Jackson. Performer Lara Marland. Performer Hamadi Mwapachu. Performer Wale Ojo. Performer Daniel Royser. Performer Clarence Smith. Performer Malcolm Tierney.

18 Apr 01 to 12 May 01

Royal Exchange, Manchester :: V491 listing details L01649318815

Details

Play :: The play is set in pre-independence colonial Africa. An American journalist arrives at a mission hospital run by European settlers; in the nearby village, a young man breaks his travels in Europe and America to return for his father's funeral. Both find themselves together with families and neighbours, drawn into deepening crisis as the struggle for independence touches the lives of villagers and settlers alike. Les Blancs is an epic drama about individuals caught in the maelstrom of change, facing painful choices in their struggle for freedom.

Author

Lorraine Hansberry