Adam's Dream
By Allison West
Year staged: 1989
Opening night: 05/10/1989
Theatre Company: Black Theatre Co-operative; 1979
Staged in: Battersea Arts Centre
Cast Size: 6
Synopsis
Directed by Malcolm Frederick this surreal comedy is set in Harlem and tells the story of Adam, an African American lawyer, who loses his mind and thinks he’s the King of Harlem.
He visits an unethical white psychotherapist who prescribes mind bending drugs in order to see if Adam might have the ultimate dream – the one which the biblical Adam had.
The play constantly shifts between a state of waking and one of dreaming, with the effect of not knowing if the characters are where they appear to be.
Original Cast
Ian Poitier
Fabian / Tricky
Lachele Carl
Evelyn
Christopher Gilbert
Adam
Kenneth Jay
Dr Meritt
Lee Duroshola
Uzzi
Wade Jackman
Regina / Vangie
Ian Poitier
Fabian / Tricky
Lachele Carl
Evelyn
Christopher Gilbert
Adam
Kenneth Jay
Dr Meritt
Lee Duroshola
Uzzi
Wade Jackman
Regina / Vangie
Production Team
Malcolm Frederick
Director
Larry Coke
Lighting
Paddy Kamara
Designer
Malcolm Frederick
Director
Larry Coke
Lighting
Paddy Kamara
Designer
Additional Materials
Video Recording
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/19/5
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive
Programme
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/19/2/002
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive
Production Photographs
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/19/2
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive
Production Papers
Ref: BOV/3/4/214/1/1
University of Bristol Theatre Collection
Production Papers
Ref: BOV/3/4/214/1/2
University of Bristol Theatre Collection