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Coups and Calypsos

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.

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Coups and Calypsos

Publisher: Mercury Press

Year published: 2001

Original Cast

Sandra James-Young

Elvira Jackson

Jackie Brown

Mrs Samuels

Hassani Shapi

Rohan Sankar

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

Greta Mendez

Director

Lisa Vandy

Designer

John Varah

Lighting

Preston Jones

Sound

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