In 1950, Ogunde continued writing plays with political undertones. "Bread and Bullet", first performed in 1950, is a play about the coal miners strike in Enugu that resulted in the shooting of twenty-two people in that year. In Northern Nigeria, the performance of the play was limited to certain areas due to allegations of seditious dialogue. It was during this time that Ogunde introduced the English language to the dialogue of his plays. In January 1950, he staged a reproduction of his 1945 play "Black Forest", re-arranging the play to introduce English and Yoruba dialogue. The African music featured was created by both Western and African instruments. The re-produced "Black Forest" and "Bread and Bullet" changed his style of drama from Yoruba folk opera to an improvisational theatre where dialogue is spoken.