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Maskarade

By Sylvia Wynter (-Carew)

Year staged: 1994

Opening night: 09/12/1994

Theatre Company: Talawa Theatre Company; 1986

Staged in: Cochrane Theatre

Cast Size: 9

Maskarade,Cochrane Theatre,1994

Synopsis

In the hills above Kingston, a Jonkunnu festival troupe gather in secret as the storyteller and his apprentice follow the tale of the last legal masquerade two centuries ago. Christmas 1841 and two rival Jonkunnu troupes merge, two men – the King and the Prince – vie for the love of the new Queen both in masquerade and in real life, whilst the deposed Queen takes revenge in a masquerade of her own. The consequences spiral into chaos and riots, bringing scarlet coated soldiers onto the streets and leading to the banning of Jonkunnu festival.

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Maskarade

Publisher: Oberon

Year published: 2012

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Original Cast

Hazel Holder

Mary / Set Girl

Femi Elufowoju

Brainsy / Pitchie Patchie

Allister Bain

Driver / King

Cy Grant

Lovey the Narrator

Karl Collins

Cuffee / Prince

Angela Wynter

Miss Gatha

Jamal Browne

Slim / Jack-in-the-Green

Isira Makuloluwe

Deaf Mute / Houseboat

Chad Shepherd

Mayor / Horsehead

Production Team

Felix Davies

Sound

Ellen Cairns

Designer

Richard Moffat

Lighting

Greta Mendez

Choreography

Derek Richards

Musical Director

Yvonne Brewster

Director

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