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Characters

ADJUA, born in West Africa, early twenties

DEMBI, born into slavery, from Charleston, mid-twenties

CRANSTON, a white sailor, born in American Colonies, early thirties

BALTHAZAR, Irish, United Irishman, thirties

LIVERPOOL JOE, a black sailor, grew up in Liverpool, twenties

BRISTOL, a free black woman, grew up in England, forties

WILLIAM BLAKE, the poet

JAMES DE WOLFE, a former U.S. senator, seventies

NESBITT, an old black sailor

GIFFORD, an old white sailor

THE SHADOW, a presence, the spirit of Adjua’s sister

GUINEA WORMS

Time

A possible 1791, and 1837.

Places

A harsh, dangerous and imagined Bristol, Rhode Island.

Docks. Tavern. Library of a grand estate. Bottom of the ocean.

Notes

Accents should be light, just a touch, and not realistic. As though remembered from another time.

This is a world conjured from imagination. Nothing about the design needs to be historically accurate.

In the Signature Theatre production, the text of each “passage” was projected for a few moments at the beginning of each scene.