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Pirate Princess, The

By Barbara Gloudon

Year staged: 1986

Opening night: 05/03/1986

Theatre Company: Temba Theatre Company; 1972

Staged in: Arts Theatre

Cast Size: 10

Synopsis

The Pirate Princess is set aboard a pirate ship where the notorious John Rackman, alias Calico Jack, leads a band of recalcitrants in his plunder of merchant ships and towns. Also on board are the famous women pirates, Anne Bonny and Mary Read cunningly dressed as men. In songs and colourful spectacle, the Pirate Princess recounts the exploits of the pirates and the gradual revelation of the women’s true identity.

Original Cast

Eddie Nestor

Pirate / Old Man

Junior A Walker

William

Doña Croll

Mary Read

Alphonsia Emmanuel

Anne Bonny

John Rackham

Vernon Nesbeth

Milton Godfrey

Seaside Harry

Connie Thomas

Cecline

Susan Harper-Brown

Lilian

Vivienne Rochester

Old Woman

Doreen Ingleton

Clarice

Production Team

Alby James

Director

Clarinda Salandy

Designer

Paulette Randall

Director

Felix Cross

Composer / Musical Director

Additional Materials

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: TTC/5/1/104

V&A Theatre and Perfomance Collection

Link to Press Cuttings

Press Cuttings

Ref: THM/77/1/13

V&A Theatre and Perfomance Collection

Programme

Ref: BCA/Ephemera/79

Black Cultural Archives

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 3073

British Library

Link to Programme

Programme

Ref: TFP062

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

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