Statement of Regret
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Statement of Regret | |
Written by | Kwame Kwei-Armah |
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Characters | Kwaku Mackenzie Michael Akinbola Idrissa Adebayo Issimama Banjoko Lola Mackenzie Kwaku Mackenzie Junior Val Adrian Mackenzie Soby |
Date of premiere | 14 November 2007 |
Original language | English |
Series | Elmina's Kitchen Fix Up |
Setting | The offices of a Black policy think tank |
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Statement of Regret is the title of a play by black British actor and playwright, Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play premiered in the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London, in 2007.
[edit] Synopsis
Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions division within the Black community, the consequences are shattering.
[edit] Original Cast
- Don Warrington - Kwaku Mackenzie
- Colin McFarlane - Michael Akinbola
- Chu Omambala - Idrissa Adebayo
- Angel Coulby - Issimama Banjoko
- Ellen Thomas - Lola Mackenzie
- Javone Prince - Kwaku Mackenzie Junior
- Trevor Laird - Val
- Clifford Samuel - Adrian Mackenzie
- Oscar James - Soby