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''[[Freedom]]'' is a play drafted by members of the [[Moral Re-Armament]] ([[MRA]]) organization at a meeting in Caux, Switzerland.
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''[[Freedom]]'' is a play devised by a number of African writers for the Moral Re-Armament (MRA) movement[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Re-Armament].  
  
The key writers seem to have been Ifoghale Amata from Nigeria (Act 1), [[Manasseh Moerane]] from South Africa (Act 2), and Abayifaa Karbo from Ghana (Act 3).
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==The original text==
  
A play about a nationalist independence movement set in an imaginary West African country, Bokondo, under colonial rule, ''[[Freedom]]'' was first performed by an African cast at the Westminster Theatre, London in 1955.
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A play about a nationalist independence movement set in an imaginary West African country, Bokondo, under colonial rule, it was drafted by members of the MRA[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Re-Armament] movement at a meeting in Caux, Switzerland, with the key writers seeming to have been Ifoghale Amata from Nigeria (Act 1), [[Manasseh Moerane]] from South Africa (Act 2), and Abayifaa Karbo from Ghana (Act 3).
  
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The play  was first performed by an African cast at the Westminster Theatre, London in 1955.
  
The play was filmed in Nigeria with a large cast during 1956 and had its premiere in Los Angeles, in 1957.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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The play was filmed as ''[[Freedom]]'' in Nigeria with a large cast during 1956 and had its premiere in Los Angeles, in 1957.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_(play)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Re-Armament
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Revision as of 06:40, 23 January 2021

Freedom is a play devised by a number of African writers for the Moral Re-Armament (MRA) movement[1].

The original text

A play about a nationalist independence movement set in an imaginary West African country, Bokondo, under colonial rule, it was drafted by members of the MRA[2] movement at a meeting in Caux, Switzerland, with the key writers seeming to have been Ifoghale Amata from Nigeria (Act 1), Manasseh Moerane from South Africa (Act 2), and Abayifaa Karbo from Ghana (Act 3).

The play was first performed by an African cast at the Westminster Theatre, London in 1955.

Translations and adaptations

The play was filmed as Freedom in Nigeria with a large cast during 1956 and had its premiere in Los Angeles, in 1957.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_(play)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Re-Armament

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page