Coups and Calypsos
By M NourbeSe Philip
Year staged: 1999
Opening night: 04/02/1999
Theatre Company: Talawa Theatre Company; 1986
Staged in: Oval House Theatre
Cast Size: 3
Synopsis
Elvira is African. Rohan is Indian. They are both Trinidadian. They live in London but are stranded on the holiday island of Tobago during the 1990 coup in neighbouring Trinidad. Coups & Calypsos is the uncompromising story of their love at risk from civil unrest, from local prejudice, but most of all from the racism which their marriage encounters no matter where they are.
Original Cast
Sandra James-Young
Elvira Jackson
Jackie Brown
Mrs Samuels
Hassani Shapi
Rohan Sankar
Production Team
Greta Mendez
Director
Lisa Vandy
Designer
John Varah
Lighting
Preston Jones
Sound
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