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The Mighty Corbeau

Award-winning drama from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service and British Council's International Playwriting Competition. A poignant tale of love, ageing and mental health.

The first of the award-winning dramas from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service and British Council’s latest International Playwriting Competition. Julien Marvin Neaves from Trinidad and Tobago is the winner of the English as a First Language prize. The drama is set in contemporary Trinidad and is a story of identity, love, and memory set to the tunes of calypso music.

Brian Gonzales (The Mighty Cocrico) is spurred into reviving his career after news that his musical rival is to receive a national award. He wants a chance to show he can be the best and achieve his lifelong ambition. It is a rivalry that goes back a long way. They both reached the Calypso Monarch finals, but Lord Morpheus took the crown and Brian could never accept defeat or forgive his rival. Lord Morpheus rubbing salt in the wounds even went on to compose a hit song making fun of Brian called β€˜De Mighty Corbeau.’ But Brian’s quest for glory is thwarted by an unseen force that threatens to destroy him and everything he loves. A birds-eye-view at one man’s dreams and its repercussions for him and his family.

Don Warrington stars as Brian, Suzette Llewellyn plays his wife Sheila and Gershwyn Eustache Jnr plays their son, Sheldon. Damian Lynch plays Carlos, Shiloh Coke is Mickey G and Burt Caesar plays Observer. The Calypso Verses and Rap composed by Dominique Le Gendre. The director, Tracey Neale.

It is a ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Studios Audio production for the World Service.

Image: Don Warrington in The Mighty Corbeau (Credit: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ)

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53 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 Jun 2024 11:06GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 8 Jun 2024 18:06GMT
  • Sun 9 Jun 2024 08:06GMT
  • Sun 9 Jun 2024 11:06GMT