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Year staged: 1996

Opening night: 30/04/1996

Theatre Company: Clean Break Theatre Company; 1979

Staged in: Royal Court Theatre

Cast Size: 3

Synopsis

In a luxury hotel room, three sleek young black women are panicking. They are high-class “mules” (or drugs couriers) and one of their colleagues has absconded with the dope. If they don’t effect a delivery in Amsterdam that day then they’re done for. “I can’t lose this job. I can’t do anything else. Can you see me working in Woolworths?” asks the terrified Sammie, who has risen above her humble origins by carrying drugs for a living, and now spends her earnings on works of art.

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Mules

Publisher: Faber and Faber

Year published: 1996

Original Cast

Abi Eniola

Lou / Sammie / Pepper / Olu / Bad Girl 1

Clare Perkins

Bridie / Piglet / Rose / Bad girl 2

Sheila Whitfield

Lyla / Rog / Allie

Production Team

Terry King

Fights

Roxana Silbert

Director

Naomi Wilkinson

Designer

Noelle Morris

Assistant Director

Fergus O'Hare

Sound

Tanya Burns

Lighting

Additional Materials

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 7065

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Further Production Information

Living Archive (Royal Court)

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