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Statement of Regret

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Statement of Regret
Written byKwame Kwei-Armah
CharactersKwaku Mackenzie
Michael Akinbola
Idrissa Adebayo
Issimama Banjoko
Lola Mackenzie
Kwaku Mackenzie Junior
Val
Adrian Mackenzie
Soby
Date premiered14 November 2007
Place premiered United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
SeriesElmina's Kitchen
Fix Up
SettingThe offices of a Black policy think tank
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Statement of Regret is a play by black British actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play premiered in the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London, in 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin.[1]

Synopsis

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Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions division within the Black community, the consequences are shattering.

Original cast

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References

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  1. ^ Michael Billington, "Statement of Regret" (review), The Guardian, 15 November 2007.
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