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Scrape off the Black

By Tunde Ikoli

Year staged: 1980

Opening night: 12/07/1980

Theatre Company: Temba Theatre Company; 1972

Staged in: Riverside Studios

Cast Size: 4

Synopsis

London’s East End in 1973. Trevor organises a surprise party on the release of his brother Andy from Borstal prison. But Rose, his bingo-playing, pill-popping mother, has other plans.

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Scrape off the Black

Publisher: Methuen Drama

Year published: 1985

Original Cast

Susan Porrett

Mary

Brian Bovell

Trevor

Okon Jones

Andy

Mary McCloud

Rose

Production Team

Peter Gill

Director

Alby James

Director

Alison Gill

Designer

Additional Materials

Poster

Ref: BCA/Ephemera/1

Black Cultural Archives

Link to Press Cuttings

Press Cuttings

Ref: THM/77/1/10

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Photographs

Photographs

Ref: THM/77/6/8

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 981

British Library

Link to Programme

Programme

Ref: BTF/P/1/4019

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

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