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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

Production Team

Jr Femi Elufowoju

Director / Musical Director

Yukio Tsukamoto

Designer

Paul Gladstone Reid

Music

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