Play Details
Context
Artistic Director
Oscar Lewenstein
Dates Performed
Tuesday 22nd January 1974
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Play Details
Synopsis
South Africa, during the apartheid
In the suffocating silence of a library, under a harsh and unforgiving spotlight, Frieda, a white librarian, and Errol, a black school principal, stand exposed. Their illicit love, a forbidden flame in the darkness of apartheid South Africa, has been brutally unveiled. The sterile room is now a stage for their persecution, as the Immorality Act reaches its cold hands into the most private of sanctuaries. Frieda’s defiance and Errol’s dignity are laid bare, their whispered promises now shout against a regime’s inhumanity. This is their testament, a gripping narrative of love colliding with the law, each statement a heartbeat in defiance of oppression.
Cast & Creative
Cast
Yvonne Byrceland
Cast
Wilson Dunster
Cast
Ben Kingsley
Designer