 After the death of Herbert Macaulay, he wrote the opera "Herbert Macaulay" to commemorate the life of the nationalist, who died in 1946.He then released another politically-themed play, "Towards Liberty", in 1947.Before 1948, Ogunde plays were staged in Lagos and occasionally in Abeokuta, but his growing popularity in other Western Nigeria provinces made him think about traveling to other cities with his theatre troupe.