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Black Ritual (Obeah)

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Black Ritual (Obeah)

Choreography by Agnes de Mille
Music by Darius Milhaud (La Creation du Monde)
Scenery and Costumes by Nicholas de Molas
Lighting by Abe Feder

World Premiere

January 22, 1940
The Center Theater
New York, New York

Cast:
Carole Ash, Maudelle Bass,
Valerie Black, Clementina Collingwood,
Muriel Cook, Azelean Cox,
Mable Hart, Edith Hurd,
Anne Jones, Evelyn Pilcher
Edith Ross, Elizabeth Thompson,
Dorothy Williams, Lavinia Williams,
Bernice Willis