Dame Lorraine (play)

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Dame Lorraine
Written by steve carter
Date premieredMarch 27, 1981
Place premieredVictory Gardens Theatre
Chicago, Illinois
Original languageEnglish
SeriesThe Caribbean Trilogy:
Eden
Nevis Mountain Dew Dame Lorraine
SubjectAn elderly Caribbean couple anxiously await the return of their son from prison
GenreDrama
Setting1980s; Modestly furnished apartment in Harlem, New York

Dame Lorraine is a 1981 play by American playwright Steve Carter. Set in the 1980s, it is the third of Carter's Caribbean trilogy. Dame Lorraine explores a family who has lost all of their sons, except one. The last son is returning from a long sentence in prison.

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Original production

Opened: March 27, 1981 at Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago. [1]

Cast

Los Angeles production (West Coast premiere)

Cast

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