National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

2h 29m
Drama
6

An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial tensions boil over. Tshembe, returned home from England for his father’s funeral, finds himself in the eye of the storm.

Cast

Sheila Atim
The Woman
Gary Beadle
Abioseh Matoseh
Sidney Cole
Peter
Elliot Cowan
Charlie Morris
James Fleet
Dr. Willy Dekoven
Clive Francis
Major George Rice
Tunji Kasim
Eric
Anna Madeley
Dr. Martha Gotterling
Roger Jean Nsengiyumva
Ngago
Siân Phillips
Madame Neilsen
Danny Sapani
Tshembe Matoseh
Fola Akintola
Boy
Xhanti Mbonzongwana
Boy
Tumo Reetsang
Boy
Nofenishala Mvotyo
Ensemble
Anna-Maria Nabirye
Ensemble
Nogcinile Yekani Moaqobiso
Ensemble
Mpahleni (Madosini) Latozi
Ensemble
Joyce Maholoagae
Singer

Crew

Drew Lichtenberg
Dramaturgy
Yaël Farber
Director
Lorraine Hansberry
Writer
Soutra Gilmour
Costume Design, Set Designer
Adam Cork
Sound, Music
Tim Lutkin
Lighting Design
Imogen Knight
Choreographer
Kevin McCurdy
Fight Choreographer

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