Legend of Victoria Village, a musical, dramatic, historical reenactment of slavery, which includes sacrifices, murder, resistance and aggression, church and education, indentureship, social life, love and marriage, opened last evening at the National Cultural Centre.
In a sit down with The Scene, writer and director Ras Leon Saul related: “The idea of the play came from two cousins of mine who live in Victoria Village, Desmond Saul and Danny Ainsworth. They had requested of me since in the year 2013 to craft a play on Victoria…. It was written at that time to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the village.”
The one-act play he wrote then was called