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Dame Lorraine (play)

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Written by
  
steve carter

Original language
  
English

Playwright
  
Steve Carter

Date premiered
  
March 27, 1981

First performance
  
27 March 1981

Place premiered
  
Victory Gardens Theatre Chicago, Illinois

Series
  
The Caribbean Trilogy: Eden Nevis Mountain Dew Dame Lorraine

Subject
  
An elderly Caribbean couple anxiously await the return of their son from prison

Dame Lorraine is a 1981 play by American playwright Steve Carter. Set in the 1980s, it is the third of Carter's Caribbean trilogy. Dame Lorraine explores a family who has lost all of their sons, except one. The last son is returning from a long sentence in prison.

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Original production

  • Directed by Chuck Smith
  • Produced by Victory Gardens Theatre
  • Set Designer: Thomas Beall
  • Costumes: Kate Bergh
  • Lighting: John Rodriguez

    • Opened: March 27, 1981 at Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago.

    Cast

  • Jackie Taylor - Rene Moulineaux
  • Linda Bright - Angela Moulineaux
  • Vince Viverito - Salvatore Buongusto
  • Esther Rolle - Dorcas Moulineaux
  • Don Xerique Williams - Picton Moulineaux

    • Los Angeles production (West Coast premiere)

  • Directed by Edmund Cambridge
  • Produced by Los Angeles Actors Theatre
  • Opened: January 1983 at Los Angeles Actors Theatre

    • Cast

  • Denise Nicholas - Angela Moulineaux
  • Thom Christopher - Salvatore Buongusto
  • Esther Rolle - Dorcas Moulineaux
  • Davis Roberts - Picton Moulineaux

    • References

    Dame Lorraine (play) Wikipedia
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