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Defense, The 1976

Defense, The

By Edgar Nkosi White

A guard in a Lower East Side (New York) housing project has had a dream of death. The play is a summ...

Cast Size: 17

My Name is Village 1976

My Name is Village

By Earl Lovelace

Cast Size: Unknown

Parcel Post 1976

Parcel Post

By Yemi Ajibade

A supposed virgin bride travels from Africa to join the bridegroom in London. All they know of each...

Cast Size: 11

Pygmies and the Pyramid, The 1976

Pygmies and the Pyramid, The

By Edgar Nkosi White

My Ex’ tells the story of three, very different, married couples who all recently decided to b...

Cast Size: Unknown

Rum an' Coca Cola 1976

Rum an' Coca Cola

By Mustapha Matura

The Creator, his glory days as a once feted calypso singer long gone, lives with his protégée Bird i...

Cast Size: 2

Sherry and Wine 1976

Sherry and Wine

By Jimi Rand

Cast Size: 6

Black Slaves - White Chains 1975

Black Slaves - White Chains

By Mustapha Matura

A short piece written as an allegorical political fable, it tells the story of ‘three enchaine...

Cast Size: 5

Death of a Black Man, The 1975

Death of a Black Man, The

By Alfred Fagon

It’s 1973 and Gary Sobers has just led the West Indies to Test match victory over England at L...

Cast Size: 3

School's Out 1975

School's Out

By Trevor Rhone

The play follows new idealistic headteacher Russ Dacres’ doomed efforts to turn the school int...

Cast Size: Unknown

Swamp Dweller's, The 1975

Swamp Dweller's, The

By Wole Soyinka

In an agricultural village on the Niger Delta, Alu and Makuri await the return of their sons from th...

Cast Size: 8