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Waiting For Hannibal

By Yemi Ajibade

Year staged: 1986

Opening night: 03/06/1986

Theatre Company: Black Theatre Co-operative; 1979

Staged in: Drill Hall

Cast Size: 7

Synopsis

Waiting for Hannibal is a drama of love, war, power and politics, played out in Africa in 204BC. The play charts and explores the strategies by which the wealthy and prosperous 700 year old African city state of Carthage and its shifting allies battle with the trespassing Romans.

Original Cast

Bob Phillips

Cast

Pamela Nomvete

Cast

Judith Jacob

Cast

Willie Payne

Cast

David Prescott

Cast

Sylvester Williams

Cast

Wilbert Jawhar Johnson

Cast

Production Team

Burt Caesar

Director

Andrea Montag

Designer

Yemi Ajibade

Director

Additional Materials

Link to Posters (A2)

Posters (A2)

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/14/2/001

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/14/3/001

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Production Photographs (18 b&w)

Production Photographs (18 b&w)

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/14/4

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Press Reviews

Press Reviews

Ref: NTC/P/T/3/004

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 3141

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