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The Ping Pong: A Backyard Drama in One Act

By Errol Hill

Year staged: 1948

Cast Size: 7

Synopsis

Totoy, captain of the Canary Steel Band is confident his band can win tonight’s Steelband competition with prizemoney for all, provided nothing happens to his sweet-sounding ping-pong which is ‘tuned like a racehorse’. A thief cuts through the back yard fence, the ping-pong is stolen. Former band member Jigger is blamed for the crime, but he swears it wasn’t him. The band’s group discipline and loyalty is tested, and a private jealousy emerges.

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The Ping Pong: A Backyard Drama in One Act

Publisher: Extra-Mural Department-Port-of-Spain

Year published: 1958

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