Death and the King's Horseman

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Vivian Beaumont Theatre , (3/01/1987 - 3/29/1987)

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway

Setting: Nigeria, 1944.

Comments: Music and songs based on Yoruba chants.

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
Written by Wole Soyinka
Directed by Wole Soyinka
Scenic Design by David Gropman; Costume Design by Judy Dearing; Lighting Design by Pat Collins; Sound Design by John Kilgore; Make-Up Design by Linda Rice; Wig Stylist: Linda Rice
LCT General Manager: Steven C. Callahan; LCT Company Manager: Lynn Landis
LCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Production Stage Manager: Clinton Turner Davis; Stage Manager: Bonnie Panson; Production Supervisor: Joseph Busheme
LCT General Press Agent: Merle Debuskey; LCT Director of Development: Barbara M. Groves; LCT Director of Marketing: Thomas Cott; LCT Casting Director: Risa Bramon and Billy Hopkins; Advertising: Russek Advertising; Marketing: Ziff Marketing; Poster Design by James McMullan; Dance Assistant: Normadien Gibson

Cast

Niamani Asante-Rich	Ensemble
Sylvia Best	The Bride
	Ensemble
Trazana Beverley	Iyaloja "Mother" of the Market
John K. Blandford	Ensemble
Marilyn Buchanan	Ensemble
Robert Cenedella	Conductor
Alan Coates	Simon Pilkings District Officer
Kimati Dinizulu	Drummer
Dillon Evans	The Resident
Ben Halley, Jr.	Olohun-iyo The Praise Singer
Celestine Heard	Ekeji-Oja "Deputy" of the Market
Earle Hyman	Elesin Horseman of the King
Gregory Ince	Ensemble
Kenneth Arch Johnson	Constable
	Ensemble
Marcya A. Joseph	Ensemble
Eriq La Salle	Olunde Eldest Son of Elesin
Jill Larson	Jane Pilkings
Graeme Malcolm	Aide de Camp
Roderick McLachlan	H.R.H. The Prince
Nanama Amankwaa Moore	Ensemble
Abdoulaye N'Gom	Joseph Houseboy to the Pilkingses
	Ensemble
Yomi Obileye	Drummer
Tunji Oyelana	Drummer
Ernest Perry, Jr.	Sergeant Amusa
Erika Petersen	The Prince's Consort
Munir Salaam	Constable
	Ensemble
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney	Ensemble
Wilhelmena T. Taylor	Ensemble
Karen Thornton	Ensemble
Edwina Lee Tyler	Drummer
Byron Utley	Ensemble
Vanessa Williams	Ensemble

Standby: Arthur French (Elesin)

Understudies: Roderick McLachlan (Simon Pilkings), Erika Petersen (Jane Pilkings), Phyllis Yvonne Stickney (Ekeji-Oja, Iyaloja) and Byron Utley (Olohun-iyo, Olunde)