Hackney Empire leaflet : Ma Rainey's black bottom...Hackney Empire
Object
Leaflet
Production date
1990
Object number
1990.23
Physical Description
Buff paper, brown print 'Ma Rainey's black bottom...Hackney empire', 210 x 148mm.
Associated Organisation
On display?
No
Inscription
BRITISH PREMIERE OF A NEW PLAY BY AUGUST WILSON
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
Chicago 1927...legendary blues singer Ma Rainey and her band strive to preserve the integrity of their music in the world of the "white" recording studio.
Carol Woods-Coleman (Ma Rainey) was recently in the acclaimed production of Blues in the Night.
Photographic image by Gideon Hart, designed by Michael Mayhew
ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE
HACKNEY EMPIRE THEATRE
291 Mare Street London E8
Cast: Tom Chadbon, Jacqueline de Peza, Tommy Eytle, Sean Gascoine, George Harris, William Hoyland, Lennie James, Clarke Peters, Hugh Quarshie, Carol Woods-Coleman
Director Howard Davies
Designer Bob Crowley
Lighting Mark Henderson
Music arranged and directed by Neil McArthur
30 JAN - 2 FEB, 5 - 9 FEB at 7.30
TICKETS: £10, £7 except Mn 5 Feb: ALL SEATS £5. Free After- Show Tube Shuttle
BOX OFFICE: 985 2424
Arts Council Funded
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
Chicago 1927...legendary blues singer Ma Rainey and her band strive to preserve the integrity of their music in the world of the "white" recording studio.
Carol Woods-Coleman (Ma Rainey) was recently in the acclaimed production of Blues in the Night.
Photographic image by Gideon Hart, designed by Michael Mayhew
ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE
HACKNEY EMPIRE THEATRE
291 Mare Street London E8
Cast: Tom Chadbon, Jacqueline de Peza, Tommy Eytle, Sean Gascoine, George Harris, William Hoyland, Lennie James, Clarke Peters, Hugh Quarshie, Carol Woods-Coleman
Director Howard Davies
Designer Bob Crowley
Lighting Mark Henderson
Music arranged and directed by Neil McArthur
30 JAN - 2 FEB, 5 - 9 FEB at 7.30
TICKETS: £10, £7 except Mn 5 Feb: ALL SEATS £5. Free After- Show Tube Shuttle
BOX OFFICE: 985 2424
Arts Council Funded