Freedom (play)
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Freedom is a play first performed by an African cast at the Westminster Theatre, London in 1955. It is set in an imaginary West African country, Bokondo, under colonial rule, and concerns a nationalist independence movement.[1]
The play was filmed in 1956 in Nigeria, with a large cast.[2] The film's premiere was in Los Angeles, in February 1957.[3]
The Westminster Theatre was owned at this period by the Westminster Memorial Trust, on behalf of Moral Re-Armament (MRA).[4] The play was drafted at an MRA meeting in Caux, Switzerland in 1955, principally by Ifoghale Amata from Nigeria (Act 1), Manasseh Moerane from South Africa (Act 2), and Abayifaa Karbo from Ghana (Act 3).[5]
Performances
The play had a London run of about five nights at the Westminster Theatre, in August 1955. It then toured in Europe; and later in West Africa.[6]