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PHOTO FLASHBACK: January 1962 - “Banana Boy” Pantomime brings cheers to all

Published:Thursday | December 30, 2021 | 6:24 PMA Digital Integration & Marketing production
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THE GLAMOUR GIRL CATHY (Mary Levy) meets Banana Boy (Keith Sasso).
Norman (Keith Bradley) tells the Banana Girls a “good one”.
MUM (Louise Bennett in her pedal pushers ignores the Rastas and their Queen, Charlotte Second (Maud Fuller), but not for long.
Grannie Rachel (Inez Hibbert) rebukes Mortimer (Buddy Pouyatt) for jealousy of his beautiful wife Celia.
The Rastas benediction “Peace and Love” and it is the Rasta on the extreme right (Delroy Mendez) who finally marries Angela whose last words are: “It is best to have married a Rastafari who is my own true guy.”
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The Little Theatre Movement's 21st Annual Pantomime at the Ward Theatre in January 1962 brought traditional seasonal cheer to young and old, rich and poor alike. Recognised for years as the great theatrical event of Jamaica, the Pantomime musicals won local and international acclaim. Banana Boy owed its popularity to the excellent choreography by UCWI Lecturer and Director Rex Nettleford; the tuneful numbers played by MAPLETOFT Poulle's orchestra; the lyrics, Orford St John and David Lindo; the brilliant lighting by George Carter; and the inimitable humour of Louise Bennett, Ranny Williams, Keith Bradley, and Myrtle Robinson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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