The Gods are Not to Blame (1989)

Original id:

4716

Start date:

31 October 1989

End date:

25 November 1989

Degree of relationship to ancient play:

Adaptation

Production notes:

One of the first major productions of Rotimi's play outside Africa. Played in Liverpool before transferring to London, but exact date of the move is uncertain. Later produced as a BBC radio-play by Yvonne Brewster in 1995: precise date and cast list unknown.

Media of production:

Stage-play

Languages:

English

Companies:

Talawa Theatre Company, London

Ancient works:

Oedipus the King

Script	Author(s)
Oedipus the King	Sophocles AKA Sophokles
The Gods are Not to Blame	Ola Rotimi

Person	Role	Notes
Peter Bodejo	Choreographer
Yvonne Brewster	Director
Ellen Cairns	Designer
Jeffery Kisson	Actor	King Odewale, the Oedipus figure

Venue	Festival	Dates	Notes
Riverside Studios, Hammersmith (London, Greater London, England)
Everyman Theatre (Liverpool, City and Borough of Liverpool, England)		31 October, 1989

Source	Format	Location if held at the APGRD	Pagination
Guardian review: The Gods Are Not to Blame	Print-out	archive
Dionysus Since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium	Book	library	234, 395
Production photograph - The Gods Are Not to Blame	Print-out	archive
Natalie Pla's list of sources	Print-out	archive
Extracts relating to The Gods Are Not To Blame radio-play	Print-out	archive
Script extract and photographs	Photocopy	archive
Yoruba Gods storm London	Photocopy	archive
Oedipus revisited	Photocopy	archive

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