Slave Life! Or Uncle Tom's Cabin


Synopsis:

The play is a dramatic adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, which came out in numerous editions and proliferated on the stage, attesting to its tremendous impact in 'the cause of slave liberation' in Britain. Interestingly the newspapers at the time reported a groundswell of discussion generated by the novel regarding the condition of slavery in America and the related questions of emancipation.


Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe adapted by Mark Lemon and Tom Taylor. Music by A. Mellon
Director: Madame Celeste
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