O Babylon!
By Derek Walcott
Year staged: 1988
Opening night: 08/02/1988
Theatre Company: Talawa Theatre Company; 1986
Staged in: Riverside Studios
Cast Size: 19
Synopsis
The play is both the love story of Aaron and Electric Gyal, and the story of the Trench Town community’s struggle for survival against the encroachment of Babylon, in the form of a new luxury hotel.
Original Cast
Sharon D Clarke
Dolores Hope
Marcia Johnson
Priscilla
Clifton Bryan
Ras Samuel
William Vanderpuye
Deacon Otto Doxy
Trevor Ward
Magistrate
Sheilah Cuffey
Cast
Geraldine Connor
Mr Goldstein
Jason Rose
Percival Jones
Patrick Cameron
Policeman
McKell Pendercuse
Ras Daniel
Adeboye Adefolalu
Ras Edwin
Steven Woodcock
Ras Meshach / Arnold Dewes
Tony Marshall
Ras Shadrach
Roger Griffiths
Rudolph Dawson
Lenny Algernon Edwards
Sergeant Barker / Ras Elijah
Josephine Melville
The Rudettes / Mrs Melanie Powers
Mona Hammond
Virginia Small
Malcolm Connell
Rufus Johnson
Sandra Tavernier
Cast
Production Team
Ellen Cairns
Designer
Yvonne Brewster
Director
Additional Materials
Production Accounts
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Production Management Correspondence
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Contracts
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Show Reports
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Scripts
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Photographs
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Audio Recordings
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Video Recording
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Marketing Correspondence
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Poster
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Flyer
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Flyer for Riverside Studios featuring O Babylon!
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Programme
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Press Cuttings
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Review and Photographs
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Photographic Negatives
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