Lament for Rastafari
By Edgar Nkosi White
Year staged: 1977
Opening night: 29/09/1977
Staged in: Keskidee Arts Centre
Cast Size: 5
Synopsis
A vast historical and geographical panorama of the trials of Rastafarian life. Set in Jamaica, New York and England, the play begins with the inhumanity of slavery and moves to
the mid-twentieth century following the Rastafarian experience through poverty and hardship, discrimination and prostitution.
Original Cast
Witty Forde
Barret
T Bone Wilson
Clayton and Father
Yvonne Gidden
La Puta
David Haynes
Lindsay
Imruh Caesar
Sandford
Witty Forde
Barret
T Bone Wilson
Clayton and Father
Yvonne Gidden
La Puta
David Haynes
Lindsay
Imruh Caesar
Sandford
Production Team
Errol Lloyd
Designer
Rufus Collins
Director
Millie Kiarie
Stage Manager
Roylyn Cohen
Stage Director / Lighting
Errol Lloyd
Designer
Rufus Collins
Director
Millie Kiarie
Stage Manager
Roylyn Cohen
Stage Director / Lighting
Additional Materials
Link to Typed Script
Typed Script
Ref: TTC/5/1/75
V&A Theatre and Performance Collection
Link to Press Review
Press Review
Ref: TFP048
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive