Colonial soul-searching

King

By Barrie Keeffe. Thomas Baptiste retires and plans to leave the UK for Jamaica. His daughters (including Josette Simon) are not impressed....

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Desert of Lies

By Howard Brenton. Two struggling expeditions in the Kalahari are contrasted. In 1983, Cherie Lunghi and Mick Ford; in 1848, Tom and...

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Aliens

By Alan Clews. 1940: The lives of UK-dwelling Italians and Germans are disrupted when Italy joins the war and ‘unfriendly’ immigrants are...

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Cotswold Death, A

By Tony Bicat. Agatha Christie-style rural murder mystery pastiche with a twist – the offed “lord of the manor” is an oil-rich...

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Garland, The

By HO Nazareth and Horace Ove. Patricia Garwood derides Bollywood romantic films as sentimental fluff until her life, including her 17 year...

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Number on End

By Gordon Flemyng. On the eve of a conference of African leaders in Brussels, documentary maker Nick ‘Space 1999’ Tate uncovers an...

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Murder Rap

By Michael Hastings. Elderly caretaker Arthur Lovegrove defends his house from ‘invasion’ by black and underprivileged council tenants. Featuring Liz Smith and...

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Hole in Babylon, A

By Jim Hawkins and Horace Ove. Account of the 1975 Spaghetti House Siege, when three black men held up a Knightsbridge Italian...

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Waterloo Sunset

By Barrie Keeffe. The author of Gotcha! and self-styled writer of plays aimed at “people who wouldn’t be seen dead in a...

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Victims of Apartheid

By Tom Clarke. Black South African exile John Kani has trouble adapting to London life, in a play which swings from comedy...

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Destiny

Adapted by David Edgar from his epic RSC stage production (the original draft of which ran to five hours in length), Edgar’s...

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Passage to England, A

By Leon Griffiths. A superficially light-hearted tale of Asians attempting illegal immigration from Amsterdam to British shores on a fishing vessel. Starring...

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