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1974

Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act

Written by Athol Fugard

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.

Director(s)

Athol Fugard

Cast & Creative

Cast

Yvonne Byrceland

Cast

Wilson Dunster

Cast

Ben Kingsley

Designer

Douglas Heap

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