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Porgy and Bess

7.2(9)19933h 4m1

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.

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Status
Released
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Box office
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Language
English
  • opera
  • disability
  • black singer
  • sex worker
  • glyndebourne
  • black love

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Behind the camera

Director

Trevor Nunn

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical6 Oct 1993

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Porgy and Bess was released on 6 October 1993.

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