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Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

(1993)

Overview

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Trevor Nunn
  2. Producer : Greg Smith,Stephanie Marks
  3. Writer : DuBose Heyward,Dorothy Heyward
  4. Editor : St. John O'Rorke
  5. Cast : Willard White,Cynthia Haymon,Gregg Baker,Cynthia Clarey,Marietta Simpson,Damon Evans,Paula Ingram,Gordon Hawkins,D. Alonzo Washington,Mervin Wallace,Barrington Coleman,William B. Johnson,Camella Johnson,Colenton Freeman,Yolanda Grant,Maureen Brathwaite,Curtis Watson,Autris Paige,Linda Thompson,Andrez Harriott,Wayne Marshall,Bruce Hubbard,Harolyn Blackwell,Johnny Worthy,Alan Tilvern,Ted Maynard,Billy J. Mitchell,Ron Travis,Steve Agyei,Bruce Leader,Antonia Adellita,Earlene Bentley,Alison Buchanan,Sheelagh Ferrell,Pauline Forrest-Watson,Anne Fridal,Olive Murray,Annabelle Williams,Angela Caesar,Denise Hector,Hyacinth Nicholls,Ademilola Oduwole,Kay Maria Smith,Feliziano Flores,Trevor Michael Georges,Tarcissius Januel,Lloyd Newton,Richie Pitts,Ismail Taylor-Kamara,Ronald Samm,Louis De Costa Johnson,John Harman,Abraham Osuagwu,Nigel Roche,Marc Summers,Ewart James Walters

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Original TitlePorgy and Bess

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1993-10-06

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 03h 04m

Production CompaniesBBC

Genres

  • Music
  • Drama

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