Abyssinia
By Adewale Ajadi
Year staged: 2001
Opening night: 04/09/2001
Theatre Company: Tiata Fahodzi; 1997
Staged in: Southwark Playhouse
Cast Size: 7
Synopsis
Queen Victoria and Albert had numerous offspring, but none of them had a more profound effect on the Royal family than their black surrogate son, Alamoyou, Prince of Abyssinia.
At the age of seven, he is entrusted to the British Empire after the suicide of his father King Theodore. He embraces maternal love from the Queen, is educated by the state, lives
within the Royal Court and then dies mysteriously at the tender age of 18. Adewale Ajadi’s play explores the British monarchy and its fascination with one of Ethiopia’s best-loved
infants.
Original Cast
Franky Mwangi
Cast
Mark Monero
Cast
Victor Romero Evans
Cast
Sally Faulkner
Cast
Isaac Maxwell-Hunt
Cast
Karl Glenn-Stimpson
Cast
Pip Mayo
Cast
Franky Mwangi
Cast
Mark Monero
Cast
Victor Romero Evans
Cast
Sally Faulkner
Cast
Isaac Maxwell-Hunt
Cast
Karl Glenn-Stimpson
Cast
Pip Mayo
Cast
Production Team
Jr Femi Elufowoju
Director / Musical Director
Yukio Tsukamoto
Designer
Paul Gladstone Reid
Music
Jr Femi Elufowoju
Director / Musical Director
Yukio Tsukamoto
Designer
Paul Gladstone Reid
Music
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