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Rachel is a young, educated, middle-class woman. But she is born into an African-American family in the early 20th century - a world in which ignorance and violence prevail. While her family and neighbours find different ways to survive, Rachel's dreams of getting married and becoming a mother collide with the tragic events of her family's past as she confronts the harsh reality of a racist world. Written exactly midway between the American Civil War and the end of slavery, and the explosion of Civil Rights in the 1960s, this hauntingly beautiful and profoundly shocking play still asks urgent questions for today.

Creatives/Company

Author: Angelina Weld Grimke

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Archive listings for Rachel (2014)

Work type: Play.

T01340419128

European premiere.Presented byABG Productions (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre). Director Ola Ince. Design Alex Marker. Lighting Elliot Griggs. Costume Anna Lewis. Sound Max Pappenheim. Director Axa Hynes (casting). Performer Adelayo Adedayo (Rachel Loving). Performer Sheila Atim (Mrs Lane). Performer Kaylah Black (Ethel Lane). Performer Lexyn Boahen (Ethel Lane). Performer Miquel Brown (Mrs Loving). Performer Joel McDermott (Jimmy Mason). Performer Nakay Kpaka (Tom Loving). Performer Zephryn Taitte (John Strong). Performer William Wright-Neblett (Jimmy Mason).

30 Sep 14 to 25 Oct 14

Finborough, Inner London :: V199
listing details L0397589878

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