On Duty
By Michael McMillan
Year staged: 1983
Opening night: 18/04/1983
Theatre Company: Black Angel's Theatre Company
Staged in: Carlton Centre, Kilburn
Cast Size: 5
Synopsis
A play set around the fighting spirit of the Black workers that built the NHS. Phyllis is a single parent and Black NHS worker in her late 30s. She tends to patients in a failing hospital ward while being encouraged by other Black nurses and her union to join the picket line in the fight for better working conditions. Through her relationship with Colin, a Black patient, and Janet, a radical Black nurse, Phillis begins to question whether her services over the past twenty years has been a duty or simply slavery.
Original Cast
Nadia Cattouse
Phyllis
Tony Maxim
Colin
Theresa Early
Sister
Yvonne Thomas
Janet
James Christmas
Boyce
Production Team
Chris Abuk
Set / Poster Design
Roger Goslyn
Lighting
Michael Hamilton
Director
Rose Ayon-Wol
Publicity
Samantha Romero
Stage Manager
Additional Materials
Flyer
Ref: BCA/Ephemera/89
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