Skip to main content

Trinity: The Long and Cheerful Road to Slavery

By Edgar Nkosi White

Year staged: 1982

Theatre Company: Black Theatre Co-operative; 1979

Staged in: Riverside Studios

Cast Size: 3

Synopsis

Three one act plays dealing with relationships. A Nigerian and West Indian in a London jail trying to bridge the 400 year old gulf of culture and historical seperation; the confrontation between an African military zealot and the ex minister of the corrupt ousted African government; and the marital tangles between a wealthy West Indian who has chosen a life of poverty in Britian and his elitist wife who fails to understand his voluntary exile from their narrow society at home.

Original Cast

Victor Romero Evans

Faigan

Burt Caesar

Ikuru

Melvyn Jones

Policeman

Production Team

Charlie Hanson

Director

Additional Materials

Link to Production Records

Production Records

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/3

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Publicity Material

Publicity Material

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/3/2

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Press Reviews

Press Reviews

Ref: NTC/P/T/3/014

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Contact Us

Help improve this page

Do you have information about this or other productions that could help improve our records?