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I am Osango written by the end of 1965 but only reaching the screen in 1967 was I Am Osango, a macabre and satirical original play for Armchair Theatre. [65] Spot welder Aaron Tuft is confined to bed following an accident at work. Toft and his wife Hilda have not been speaking for years, using daughter Ivy as their intermediary. Suddenly stuck at home and dependent on Hilda, Toft reluctantly enters into dialogue with her, but only under the understanding that it’s because of this unfamiliar situation and the medication he’s taking. “You’re not yourself,” she agrees, setting the stage for the exploration of the unspoken question: so who is he? After Hilda has read to him from a newspaper about Aaron Osango, an African political prisoner (and one-time spot welder) condemned to death, Toft comes to believe that he is Osango, describing his prison conditions and developing the stigmata of bruising from wrist manacles. This seeming-delusion continues even after Osango escapes. Visiting Tuft, Osango reveals he had never been in real danger and had not been manacled. As Tuft nevertheless narrates the execution party’s arrival, Osango explains that there had been a petty criminal, “a nobody”, due to hang that day, and Tuft dies. ()