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Playboy of the West Indies

By Mustapha Matura

Year staged: 1984

Opening night: 17/01/1984

Theatre Company: Oxford Playhouse Company

Staged in: The Tricycle Theatre, latterly The Kiln Theatre

Cast Size: 10

Synopsis

Based on J M Synge’s Playboy of the Western World, Matura’s play opened at the Oxford Playhouse in 1984 and subsequently toured the UK finishing at the Tricycle Theatre in London. It has also enjoyed huge success in the United States, most notably at The Court Theatre, Chicago; Arena Stage, Washington; New Jersey and Yale Rep. The Court Theatre Chicago’s production was nominated for four Jefferson Awards. There was an extremely successful revival of the play at the Lincoln Center, New York in 1993. Mustapha also wrote the television adaptation, screened on BBC2 in 1985.

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Playboy of the West Indies

Publisher: Oberon Books

Year published: 1982

Original Cast

Tommy Eytle

Phil

Joy Richardson

Alice

Jason Rose

Stanley

Jackie de Peza

Ivy

Frank Singuineau

Jimmy

Jim Findley

Ken

T Bone Wilson

Mac

Mona Hammond

Mama Benin

Rudolph Walker

Mikey

Joan-Ann Maynard

Peggy

Tommy Eytle

Phil

Joy Richardson

Alice

Jason Rose

Stanley

Jackie de Peza

Ivy

Frank Singuineau

Jimmy

Jim Findley

Ken

T Bone Wilson

Mac

Mona Hammond

Mama Benin

Rudolph Walker

Mikey

Joan-Ann Maynard

Peggy

Production Team

Nicolas Kent

Director

Adrianne Lobel

Designer

Raymond Cross

Sound

Angela Butterfield

Costumes

David Colmer

Lighting

Nicolas Kent

Director

Adrianne Lobel

Designer

Raymond Cross

Sound

Angela Butterfield

Costumes

David Colmer

Lighting

Additional Materials

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 2211

British Library

Poster

Ref: BCA/Ephemera/368

Black Cultural Archives

Link to Script

Script

Ref: TTC/5/1/105

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

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