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
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
Alby James
Director
Clarinda Salandy
Designer
Paulette Randall
Director
Felix Cross
Composer / Musical Director
Additional Materials
Press Cuttings
Ref: THM/77/1/13
V&A Theatre and Perfomance Collection
Programme
Ref: BCA/Ephemera/79
Black Cultural Archives