MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
Category
Play
Country
United Kingdom
Run Dates
Oct 19, 1989 - Mar 24, 1990
Venue
Run Time
160 minutes
Run Dates
1989.10.19 ~ 1990.03.24
National Theatre
UK Premiere
About the show
Howard Davies directed the first UK performance of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" in 1989 at the Cottesloe Theatre in London's Royal National Theatre. It was enormously well received and ran for 80 performances.
Details
August Wilson
Playwright
Howard Davies
Director
Bob Crowley
Designer
Neil McArthur
Music Director/Musical Arrangements
Mark Henderson
Lighting Designer
Joan Washington
Dialect Coach
Scott Myers
Sound
Trish Montemuro
Stage Manager
CAST
Tom Chadbon
Sturdyvant
William Hoyland
Irvin
George Harris
Cutler
Tommy Eytle
Slow Drag
Hugh Quarshie
Levee
Carol Woods-Coleman
Ma Rainey
Jacqueline de Peza
Dussie Mae
Lennie James
Slyvester
Sean Gascoine
Policeman
Clarke Peters
Toledo
Where it's been performed
National Theatre
London
United Kingdom
London
,United Kingdom