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March 22-June 2, PN March 30
Authors: Lorraine Hansberry, Robert Nemiroff
Director: Yael Farber
Design: Soutra Gilmour (set), Tim Lutkin (lighting), Adam Cork (sound)
Technical: Imogen Knight (movement), Kev McCurdy (fight direction)
Cast includes: Sheila Atim, Gary Beadle, Sidney Cole, Elliot Cowan, James Fleet, Clive Francis
Producer: National Theatre
Running time: 3hrs
Reviewer: Tim Bano
Olivier, national theatre, london
From the outset, as women daubed in white face paint parade on to the stage, Les Blancs establishes its theme of redress. Set in an unnamed African country in a non-specific time ("yesterday, today, tomorrow - not long after that" is Hansberry's note), the play tells the story of a small hospital run by a white missionary family, and its interaction with the community around it. With breathtaking scope, clarity and insight it charts the story of...