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Statement of Regret

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| name = Statement of Regret

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| writer = Kwame Kwei-Armah

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| characters = Kwaku Mackenzie
Michael Akinbola
Idrissa Adebayo
Issimama Banjoko
Lola Mackenzie
Kwaku Mackenzie Junior
Val
Adrian Mackenzie
Soby

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| setting = The offices of a Black policy think tank

| date of premiere = 14 November 2007

| place = {{UK}}

| original language = English

| series = Elmina's Kitchen
Fix Up

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| web = http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/statement

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Statement of Regret is a play by black British actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play premiered in the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London, in 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin.Michael Billington, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/nov/15/theatre2 "Statement of Regret" (review)], The Guardian, 15 November 2007.

Synopsis

Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions division within the Black community, the consequences are shattering.

Original cast

References

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External links

  • [http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/statement Official website of production]
  • Kwame Kwei-Armah: [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3669179/Kwame-Kwei-Armah-Why-Im-willing-to-be-unfashionable-in-the-search-for-true-definition.html "Why I'm willing to be unfashionable in the search for true definition"], The Telegraph, 10 November 2007.

Category:2007 plays

Category:English plays

Category:Plays about race and ethnicity

Category:Plays set in England

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