Episode 2 - Common Law Blues Danny and Shirley argue about her father's offer for them to move back to his home in Woodbrook instead of staying in the barrack yard. Written by: Freddie Kissoon Directed by: Jemma Along Redman Recorded and Mixed by: Random Designs Studios Cast Ma Say Say..…………………………..Abbi Blackman Narrator.........………………………….Adam Pascall Doctor/Attendant……………………....Anand Lawkaran Danny............... ………………………Fabrice Barker Arthur/Attendant……………………….Jesu Le Blanc Mabel …………………………………..Kimberly Jones Iron Man ………………………………..Lalonde Ochoa Olga ……………………………………..Lucette Regis Ralph …………………………………… Marvin Dowridge Papa George ……………………………Renaldo Frederick Carol ………………………..................Shivonne Churche-Isaacs Olga……………………………………...Syntyche Bishop Shirley/Teena …………………………..Tafar Lewis Calabash Alley a classic local play explores the trials and love affairs within a Trinidadian community of yore – a barrack yard. The play is a humorous, yet touching dramatisation of the various relationships and ensuing rifts that occur as a result of living in close confines which offer no privacy, but instead acts as a stage for each neighbour’s personal life. However, despite the difficulties of life including poverty, drinking, gambling and quarrels that plague residents of the Calabash Alley, the neighbours demonstrate a strong sense of community. The play was written and directed by Freddie Kissoon in 1970 and was the first to be commissioned by the leading radio station, Radio Trinidad as a means of competing with the foreign radio soap operas. The play evolved into 78-episode radio drama and was broadcasted from 2nd November, 1970 to 17th February 1971. To date, it remains the longest-running radio play by any local playwright. The play garnered much popularity among listeners and was eventually adapted as a televised soap opera and enjoyed successful staged performances throughout the Caribbean and beyond, including countries such as Guyana, Grenada, St. Vincent, Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, St Kitts, Curacao and Canada.

• published: 09 Mar 2016
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