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O Babylon!

By Derek Walcott

Year staged: 1988

Opening night: 08/02/1988

Theatre Company: Talawa Theatre Company; 1986

Staged in: Riverside Studios

Cast Size: 19

Synopsis

The play is both the love story of Aaron and Electric Gyal, and the story of the Trench Town community’s struggle for survival against the encroachment of Babylon, in the form of a new luxury hotel.

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O Babylon!

Publisher: Johnathan Cape

Year published: 1978

Original Cast

Sharon D Clarke

Dolores Hope

Marcia Johnson

Priscilla

Clifton Bryan

Ras Samuel

William Vanderpuye

Deacon Otto Doxy

Trevor Ward

Magistrate

Sheilah Cuffey

Cast

Geraldine Connor

Mr Goldstein

Jason Rose

Percival Jones

Patrick Cameron

Policeman

McKell Pendercuse

Ras Daniel

Adeboye Adefolalu

Ras Edwin

Steven Woodcock

Ras Meshach / Arnold Dewes

Tony Marshall

Ras Shadrach

Roger Griffiths

Rudolph Dawson

Lenny Algernon Edwards

Sergeant Barker / Ras Elijah

Josephine Melville

The Rudettes / Mrs Melanie Powers

Mona Hammond

Virginia Small

Malcolm Connell

Rufus Johnson

Sandra Tavernier

Cast

Production Team

Ellen Cairns

Designer

Yvonne Brewster

Director

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Marketing Correspondence

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Poster

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Flyer

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Flyer for Riverside Studios featuring O Babylon!

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Programme

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Review and Photographs

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