Play Mas
By Mustapha Matura
Year staged: 1974
Opening night: 16/07/1974
Theatre Company: English Stage Company
Staged in: Royal Court Theatre
Cast Size: 12
Synopsis
Play Mas recreates the impact of the heady political momentum generated by the People’s National Movement in Trinidad in the early fifties and won the Evening Standard Most
Promising Playwright Award.
Original Cast
Ed Bishop
Chuck Reynolds
Tommy Eytle
Doctor
Mercia Mansfield
Miss Gookool
Robert L Bassiere
Mr Lyle
Charles Pemberton
Mr Mckay
Frank Singuineau
Mr Tate
Locita Lijertwood
Mrs Banks
Mona Hammond
Mrs Samuel
Stefan Kalipha
Ramjohn Gookool
Rudolph Walker
Samuel
Trevor Thomas
Sergeant
Norman Beaton
Frank
Production Team
Donald Howarth
Director
Douglas Heap
Designer
Nick Chelton
Lighting
Peter Minshall
Costume Designer
Additional Materials
Production Management File
Ref: THM/273/4/1/110
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Plans
Ref: THM/273/4/23/109
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Photographs
Ref: THM/273/6/1/395
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Press Cuttings
Ref: THM/273/7/2/355
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Poster Designs
Ref: THM/273/7/6/36
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Costume
Ref: S.15-2008
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