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Dragon Can't Dance, The

By Earl Lovelace
Setting: 
Set in the late fifties in Laventille, Port of Spain, Trinidad
No. acts: 
2
Cast total: 
12
Male cast: 
7
Female cast: 
5

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Synopsis

The Dragon Can't Dance explores the power of Carnival over the lives of the community on Calvary Hill, in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Original production

Opening night: 
29/06/1990
Company:
 
Theatre: 
Theatre Royal
Original Cast:
Cyril I Nri Aldrick
Nicholas Boyce Basil
Jacqui Chan Cleothilda
Shelley King Dolly
Geff Francis Fisheye
Trevor Marshall-Ward Mr Guy
Anni Domingo Olive
Dhirendra Pariag
Oscar James Philo
Trevor Marshall-Ward Reds
Laura Beckford Sylvia
Susan Aderin Yvonne
Production Team:
Yvonne Brewster Director
Steve Whitson Lighting
Ellen Cairns Designer
Greta Mendez Choreography
Dominique Le Gendre Musical Director

Publications

Title Year Publisher NT Library
Black Plays 2, ed. Yvonne Brewster. 1989 Methuen Drama No

Union Catalogue

Link Series Reference Archive Info
Production Accounts TTC/2/2/6 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Production Management Correspondence TTC/4/1/6 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Contracts TTC/4/2/6 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Technical File TTC/4/3/5 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Prompt Script TTC/4/4/3 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Script TTC/5/1/33 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Photographs TTC/6/1/6 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Audio Recordings TTC/7/1/4 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Video Recording TTC/7/2/4 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Marketing Correspondence TTC/8/1/6 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Poster TTC/8/3/1/10 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Flyer TTC/8/3/2/15 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Advertising postcard TTC/8/3/2/16 V&A Theatreand Performance Collection  
Programme TTC/8/3/3/7 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Programme for Not Fade Away with Advert for The Dragon Can't Dance TTC/8/3/3/8 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Press Cuttings TTC/8/4/6 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Production Materials THM/516/1/6 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Photographic Negatives THM/374/1/998 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Press Cuttings THM/77/2/33 V&A Theatre and Performance Collection  
Playscript MPS 4510 British Library