Theatre Review
1973, Eric Johns
Richard Hampton’s “Savages” at the Royal Court Theatre, rather than a play, was an exposure of the plight of Brazil, showing how the so-called Indians or original inhabitants of the country have been exploited by a tyrannous military regime – one which executes criminals, often following ghastly torture, to save the nation the cost of keeping them in prison.
Paul Scofield headed the cast as a British
diplomat, with TomConti as his captor. The play was a result of Mr Hampton’s
visit to Brazil, where he discovered sixty percent of industries are in foreign
hands and the hourly wage rate in industry amounts to thirteen pence, almost
the lowest in Latin America.
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