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Resurrections in the Season of the Longest Drought

Resurrections in the Season of the Longest Drought

By Biyi Bandele
Setting: 
Lagos- Nigeria- Mid 1908's. The front entrance of the residence of Bikan Babarinsa, in downtown Lagos Mainland.
No. acts: 
3
Cast total: 
10
Male cast: 
6
Female cast: 
4

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Synopsis

Resurrections set in Nigeria is a subversive and satirical drama that takes us into a world where shady drug dealers and corrupt lawyers operating within a Byzantine legal system
are visited by their ancestral ghosts.

Original production

Opening night: 
03/10/1994
Company:
 
Original Cast:
David Carr Yinka
Antonia Coker Core 2
Femi Jr Elufowoju Core 1
Ganiat Kasumu Core 3
Trevor Laird Kamoru
Colin McFarlane Santana
Ben Thomas Bikan Babarinsa
Don Warrington Judge Bassey
Angela Wynter Mebude
Anni Domingo Adama
Production Team:

Publications

Title Year Publisher NT Library
Resurrections in the season of the longest drought 1994 Amber Lane Press No

Assets

Type Code
Poster Black Cultural Archives, Ephemera/61

Union Catalogue

Link Series Reference Archive Info
Production accounts TTC/2/2/17 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection
Production management correspondence TTC/4/1/17 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Contracts TTC/4/2/17 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Technical file TTC/4/3/13 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Prompt script TTC/4/4/9 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Scripts TTC/5/1/112 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Photographs TTC/6/1/17 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Audio recordings TTC/7/1/13 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Video recording TTC/7/2/9 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Marketing correspondence TTC/8/1/17 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Press releases TTC/8/2/14 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Poster TTC/8/3/1/25 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Flyer TTC/8/3/2/35 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Programme TTC/8/3/3/22 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Press cuttings TTC/8/4/15 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Press cuttings TTC/8/4/16 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Audience research data TTC/8/5/12 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Workshop file TTC/10/4/10 Talawa Theatre Company at V&A Theatre Collection  
Poster BCA/Ephemera/61 Black Cultural Archives