Dame Lorraine (play)

Dame Lorraine (play)
Dame Lorraine
Written by steve carter
Date premiered March 27, 1981
Place premiered Victory Gardens Theatre
Chicago, Illinois
Original language English
Series The Caribbean Trilogy:
Eden
Nevis Mountain Dew Dame Lorraine
Subject An elderly Caribbean couple anxiously await the return of their son from prison
Genre Drama
Setting 1980s; Modestly furnished apartment in Harlem, New York

Dame Lorraine is a 1981 play by American playwright Steve Carter. Set in the 1980s, it is the third of Carter's Caribbean trilogy. Dame Lorraine explores a family who has lost all of their sons, except one. The last son is returning from a long sentence in prison.

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Original production

  • Directed by Chuck Smith
  • Produced by Victory Gardens Theatre
  • Set Designer: Thomas Beall
  • Costumes: Kate Bergh
  • Lighting: John Rodriguez

Opened: March 27, 1981 at Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago.[1]

Cast

  • Jackie Taylor - Rene Moulineaux
  • Linda Bright - Angela Moulineaux
  • Vince Viverito - Salvatore Buongusto
  • Esther Rolle - Dorcas Moulineaux
  • Don Xerique Williams - Picton Moulineaux

Los Angeles production (West Coast premiere)

  • Directed by Edmund Cambridge
  • Produced by Los Angeles Actors Theatre
  • Opened: January 1983 at Los Angeles Actors Theatre[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Carter, Steve (1986). Plays by Steve Carter (First ed.). New York: Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.. pp. 49–80. ISBN 0-88145-043-X. 
  2. ^ Sullivan, Dan (1983-01-18). "A PRODIGAL SON RETURNS IN 'DAME'". Los Angeles Times: p. G1. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/685799052.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+18,+1983&author=DAN+SULLIVAN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(1886-Current+File)&edition=&startpage=G1&desc=STAGE+REVIEW. Retrieved 2009-12-06. "Setting: "An immaculate, but modestly furnished, apartment in Harlem."" 
  3. ^ "Denise Nicholas Biography (1944-)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Denise-Nicholas.html. Retrieved 2009-12-05. 
  4. ^ "Stage/other". The Unofficial Thom Christopher Fansite. http://home.planet.nl/~theun390/tc-hawk/tc_other.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-05. 



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