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Year staged: 1989

Theatre Company: Temba Theatre Company; 1972

Staged in: Drill Hall

Cast Size: 3

Synopsis

The stage adaptation of Edward Kamau Brathwaite’s Mother Poem is a combination of dreams, memories and questions inspired by the island of Barbados, the idea of belonging and the effects of slavery in the relationships between women, men and children.

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Mother Poem

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Year published: 1977

Original Cast

Andrie Reid

Cast

Joan Carol Williams

Cast

Josette Bushell-Mingo

Cast

Production Team

Alby James

Director

Vonnie Rudette

Designer

H Patten

Choreographer

H Patten

Musical Director

Additional Materials

Link to Press Cuttings

Press Cuttings

Ref: THM/77/1/19

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Photographic Negatives

Photographic Negatives

Ref: THM/374/1/2054

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Programme

Programme

Ref: TFRS036

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Review

Review

Ref: TFRS039

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Flyer

Flyer

Ref: TFRS105

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

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