Statement of Regret is a play by black British actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play premiered in the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London, in 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin.Michael Billington, "Statement of Regret" (review), The Guardian, 15 November 2007.
Synopsis Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions division within the Black community, the consequences are shattering.
Original cast Don Warrington - Kwaku Mackenzie Colin McFarlane - Michael Akinbola Chu Omambala - Idrissa Adebayo Angel Coulby - Issimama Banjoko Ellen Thomas - Lola Mackenzie Javone Prince - Kwaku Mackenzie Junior Trevor Laird - Val Clifford Samuel - Adrian Mackenzie Oscar James - Soby
References
External links Official website of production Kwame Kwei-Armah: "Why I'm willing to be unfashionable in the search for true definition", The Telegraph, 10 November 2007.