Waiting For Hannibal
By Yemi Ajibade
Year staged: 1986
Opening night: 03/06/1986
Theatre Company: Black Theatre Co-operative; 1979
Staged in: Drill Hall
Cast Size: 7
Synopsis
Waiting for Hannibal is a drama of love, war, power and politics, played out in Africa in 204BC. The play charts and explores the strategies by which the wealthy and prosperous 700 year old African city state of Carthage and its shifting allies battle with the trespassing Romans.
Original Cast
Bob Phillips
Cast
Pamela Nomvete
Cast
Judith Jacob
Cast
Willie Payne
Cast
David Prescott
Cast
Sylvester Williams
Cast
Wilbert Jawhar Johnson
Cast
Production Team
Burt Caesar
Director
Andrea Montag
Designer
Yemi Ajibade
Director
Additional Materials
Posters (A2)
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/14/2/001
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive
Playscript
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/14/3/001
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive
Production Photographs (18 b&w)
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/14/4
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive
Press Reviews
Ref: NTC/P/T/3/004
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive