Invention, The
By Wole Soyinka
Year staged: 1959
Opening night: 01/11/1959
Theatre Company: English Stage Company
Staged in: Royal Court Theatre
Cast Size: Unknown
Synopsis
The Invention reflects the obsession with race that marked the apartheid regime, and prophetically depicts the beginnings of the crumbling of the apartheid system in the futuristic setting of Johannesburg in 1976. It expresses the concern of the African diapsora with apartheid, which was felt to be an affront to the entire race.
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Press Reviews
Ref: THM/273/7/2/42
English Stage Company at V&A Theatre and Performance Collection