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Trinidad Sisters

By Mustapha Matura

Year staged: 1988

Opening night: 11/02/1988

Theatre Company: The Tricycle Theatre

Staged in: Donmar Warehouse

Cast Size: 11

Synopsis

Colonial Trinidad 1939. Three sisters endure a mundane but privileged life in the capital, Port of Spain. Living with their simpleton brother and his domineering wife, the women pass the time entertaining and being entertained by the local Volunteer Regiment. They occupy their lives with empty marriages and petty liaisons whilst dreaming of returning to their adopted home country Cambridge, England where they spent their cosmopolitan youth.

But hopes of emigrating to Britain are soon shattered as the European war escalates into a global conflict, Port of Spain is bombed and the Trinidadian soldiers are called to serve King, country and Empire.

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Trinidad Sisters

Publisher: Oberon

Year published: 2006

Original Cast

Anton Phillips

Taylor

Patrick Drury

Version

Pauline Black

Marsha

Okon Jones

Kelly

Suzette Llewellyn

Nova

Joan-Ann Maynard

Olga

Joanne Campbell

Irene

Ram John Holder

Dr Charles

Chris Tajah

St Clair

Isabelle Lucas

Florrie

Hepburn Graham

Andre

Production Team

Nicolas Kent

Director

David Colmer

Lighting

Poppy Mitchell

Designer

Chas Stoddard

Sound

Additional Materials

Link to Press Cuttings

Press Cuttings

Ref: THM/77/2/111

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Link to Press and Publicity Management File

Press and Publicity Management File

Ref: THM/317/4/3/93

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Link to Photographic Negatives

Photographic Negatives

Ref: THM/374/1/191

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Link to Production Management File

Production Management File

Ref: THM/317/3/1/52

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Link to Production Photographs

Production Photographs

Ref: THM/317/5/1/80

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Link to Display Photographs

Display Photographs

Ref: THM/317/5/2/14

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Link to Poster

Poster

Ref: THM/317/6/1/59

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Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 3752

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