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You in Your Small Corner

By Barry Reckord

Year staged: 1960

Theatre Company: English Stage Company

Staged in: Royal Court Theatre

Cast Size: Unknown

Synopsis

Dave has just moved to London from Jamaica to study and be with his mother, Mrs Jordan, who runs a social club for her fellow countrymen in Brixton. Before he heads off to Cambridge University, Dave starts seeing Terry, a young working-class English woman. Mrs Jordan is mortified when she finds out. All her hard work has been directed towards offering her son the best education to help him rise to the ranks of high-class society and avoid the pitfalls of a class-blind racism.

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You in Your Small Corner

Publisher: Inter-Varsity Fellowship

Year published: 1967

Original Cast

Lloyd Reckord

Dave

Elizabeth MacLennan

Terry

Ida Shepley

Mrs. Jordan

Production Team

John Bird

Director

Motley

Designer

Additional Materials

Prompt Script

Ref: 1962/W/16; TM1144

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Photographs

Photographs

Ref: THM/273/6/1/588

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Press Reviews

Press Reviews

Ref: THM/273/7/2/63

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Further Production Information

Living Archive (Royal Court)

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