AnowaBased on a traditional Ghanaian tale of a daughter who rejects the suitors proposed by her parents: Osam and Badua, and marries a stranger who ultimately is revealed as the Devil in disguise. |
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Abena Badua ANOWA and KOFI ANOWA enters audibly basket behaving born centre certainly cloth coming courtyard daughter drums Efua enters from upper exits eyes face fan an empty fanning that chair Father fear Ghanaian giggles gilded chair GIRL goes grow head hear heard hearth HORNBLOWER husband Jumping KAKRA KOFI AKO enters KOFIAKO ladle laughing leave left Yebi lights listen lobsters Long pause look lower left lower right lower stage marriage marry another woman mean Mother mouth moves mulatto Nana never Nsona Oguaa OLD WOMAN OSAM pace Panyin PANYIN-NA-KAKRA Perhaps Phase Three plantain play priest say priestess PRODUCTION NOTES Queen Victoria Quietly skins slaves someone speaking stands stares strange talk tell things told turns round upper left upper right upper stage Village noises wait walk wayfarer wife witch womb women wrong Yaako