Statement of Regret

Statement of Regret
Written by Kwame Kwei-Armah
Characters Kwaku Mackenzie
Michael Akinbola
Idrissa Adebayo
Issimama Banjoko
Lola Mackenzie
Kwaku Mackenzie Junior
Val
Adrian Mackenzie
Soby
Date premiered 14 November 2007
Original language English
Series Elmina's Kitchen
Fix Up
Setting The offices of a Black policy think tank
Official site

Statement of Regret is a play by black British actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play premiered in the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London, in 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin.[1]

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.

Original cast

References

  1. Michael Billington, "Statement of Regret" (review), The Guardian, 15 November 2007.


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