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A new version of pioneering Black playwright Alice Childress's seminal 1955 play as part of Radio 4's 'Story of America' season.

Trouble in Mind follows a group of actors rehearsing a new Broadway drama with an 'anti-lynch' theme, at a time when issues of segregation and civil rights were fiercely contested across the United States.

Wiletta Mayer is a seasoned Black actress increasingly troubled by the compromises she is expected to make, as the company shapes a story that claims to confront racism while reducing its Black characters to stereotypes. Through its layered, play鈥憌ithin鈥慳鈥憄lay structure, Childress offers an incisive critique of the period鈥檚 racial dynamics, building to a powerful act of artistic and personal resistance.

PART TWO
With opening night approaching, Wiletta鈥檚 growing unease with the play and her character comes to a head.

This play was written in 1950s America and features strong discriminatory language of the time.

CAST (in order of appearance)
Wiletta Mayer ..... Do帽a Croll
Henry ...... Gary Lilburn
John Nevins ..... Tunji Kasim
Millie Davis ..... Ellena Vincent
Sheldon Forrester ..... Joseph Mydell
Judy Sears ..... Isabella Inchbald
Al Manners ...... Joseph Millson
Eddie Fenton ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr
Bill O鈥橶ray ..... Trevor Cooper

Composition and piano by Tim Sutton

Director ..... Femi Elufowoju Jr

Producer ..... Anne Isger
Production Co-ordinators ..... Sara Benaim and Jon Powell

A 麻豆社 Studios Production

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