National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
2019•2h 29m•6.0•Released
Drama
An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial tensions boil over. Tshembe, returned home from England for his father’s funeral, finds himself in the eye of the storm.
Director
Yaël Farber
Writer
Lorraine Hansberry
Languages
English
Studio
National Theatre
Cast
Sheila Atim
The Woman
Gary Beadle
Abioseh Matoseh
Sidney Cole
Peter
Elliot Cowan
Charlie Morris
James Fleet
Dr. Willy Dekoven
Clive Francis
Major George Rice
Tunji Kasim
Eric
Anna Madeley
Dr. Martha Gotterling
Roger Jean Nsengiyumva
Ngago
Siân Phillips
Madame Neilsen
Danny Sapani
Tshembe Matoseh
Fola Akintola
Boy
Xhanti Mbonzongwana
Boy
Tumo Reetsang
Boy
Nofenishala Mvotyo
Ensemble
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