- Dame Lorraine (play)
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Dame Lorraine Written by steve carter Date premiered March 27, 1981 Place premiered Victory Gardens Theatre
Chicago, IllinoisOriginal language English Series The Caribbean Trilogy:
Eden
Nevis Mountain Dew Dame LorraineSubject 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
- Denise Nicholas - Angela Moulineaux[3]
- Thom Christopher - Salvatore Buongusto[4]
- Esther Rolle - Dorcas Moulineaux
- Davis Roberts - Picton Moulineaux
References
- ^ Carter, Steve (1986). Plays by Steve Carter (First ed.). New York: Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.. pp. 49–80. ISBN 0-88145-043-X.
- ^ 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.""
- ^ "Denise Nicholas Biography (1944-)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Denise-Nicholas.html. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
- ^ "Stage/other". The Unofficial Thom Christopher Fansite. http://home.planet.nl/~theun390/tc-hawk/tc_other.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
Categories:- 1981 plays
- Plays by Steve Carter
- African American plays
- Plays set in New York City
- 1980s in fiction
- United States theatre stubs
- Caribbean stubs
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