The Darker Face of the Earth

Archive Listings for The Darker Face of the Earth

T0747793773 (COTTES99) UK premiereDirector James Kerr. Design Tim Hatley. Lighting Paule Constable. Music Mick Sands. Performer Saskia Reeves (Amalia P:Claudia Cadette). Performer Vernon Douglas. Performer Andrew French. Performer Oscar James. Performer Peter de Jersey. Performer John Nolan. Performer Chu Omambala. Performer Dhobi Oparei. Performer Sara Powell. Performer Mark Springer. Performer Gilz Terera. Performer Michael Wildeman. Performer Jax Williams.

30 Jul 99 to 11 Nov 99

Cottesloe (National Theatre), West End :: V375 listing details L1267861644

Details

Play :: Inspired by Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, it is set on a Southern plantation where the owner's wife give birth to a child of mixed race. Although the child was supposed to have been slain, he is hidden and returns to the place of his birth years later.

Author

Rita Dove