Rum an' Coca Cola
By Mustapha Matura
Year staged: 1976
Opening night: 03/11/1976
Theatre Company: Plays in Schools Project
Staged in: Royal Court Theatre
Cast Size: 2
Synopsis
The Creator, his glory days as a once feted calypso singer long gone, lives with his protégée Bird in a driftwood cabin on the beach. In between petty theft and busking a meagre living from tourists, they work on their entry for the annual calypso competition; a song concerning the corruption and infidelity of a local politician. Success will propel the Creator back to the top and will send Bird triumphantly on his way with Marion, the American tourist he’s fallen for but an incident at the local nightclub risks their one source of income and subsequently the Creator kills both his and Bird’s dreams.
Original Cast
Trevor Thomas
Cast
Norman Lugard Beaton
Mike
Production Team
Donald Howarth
Director
Jocelyn Herbert
Designer / Costumes
Additional Materials
Typed Script with Some Hand-Written Annotations
Ref: TTC/5/1/160
V&A Theatre and Performance Collection