National Theatre Live: Les Blancs (2019)

6.0/10 149 min Drama

Overview

An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial tensions boil over. Tshembe, returned home from England for his father’s funeral, finds himself in the eye of the storm.

Cast

Sheila Atim

The Woman

Gary Beadle

Abioseh Matoseh

Sidney Cole

Peter

Elliot Cowan

Charlie Morris

James Fleet

Dr. Willy Dekoven

Clive Francis

Major George Rice

Tunji Kasim

Eric

Anna Madeley

Dr. Martha Gotterling

Roger Jean Nsengiyumva

Ngago

Siân Phillips

Madame Neilsen

Danny Sapani

Tshembe Matoseh

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