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Timbuktu! - Cast
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Sahleem-La-Lume
Melba Moore
Marsinah
Replacement
Vanessa Shaw
Gilbert Price
The Mansa of Mali
Daniel Barton
Citizen of Timbuktu
M'Ballah of the River
George Bell
The Wazir
Miguel Godreau
Bird in Paradise
Munshi
Ira Hawkins
Hadji
Bruce A. Hubbard
Chief Policeman
Eleanor McCoy
Bird in Paradise
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Obba Babatunde
Antelope
Citizen of Timbuktu
Orange Merchant
The Chakaba
Gregg Baker
Citizen of Timbuktu
Joella Breedlove
Citizen of Timbuktu
Deborah K. Brown
Citizen of Timbuktu
One of the Three Princesses of Baguezane
Tony Carroll
Citizen of Timbuktu
Sharon Cuff
Citizen of Timbuktu
One of the Three Princesses of Baguezane
Cheryl Cummings
Citizen of Timbuktu
Luther Fontaine
Antelope
Citizen of Timbuktu
Dyane Harvey
Citizen of Timbuktu
Rodney Green
Swing Dancer
Michael F. Harrison
Citizen of Timbuktu
Jan Hazell
Swing Dancer
Marzetta Jones
Citizen of Timbuktu
Jimmy Justice
Citizen of Timbuktu
Eugene Little
Citizen of Timbuktu
Patricia Lumpkin
Citizen of Timbuktu
One of the Three Princesses of Baguezane
Joe Lynn
Citizen of Timbuktu
Tony Ndogo
Citizen of Timbuktu
Harold Pierson
Beggar
Citizen of Timbuktu
Witchdoctor
Ray Pollard
Citizen of Timbuktu
Shezwae Powell
Beggar
Citizen of Timbuktu
Woman in the Garden
Ron Richardson
Citizen of TImbuktu
Vanessa Shaw
Citizen of Timbuktu
Zubbediya
Louis Tucker
Beggar
Citizen of Timbuktu
Deborah Waller
Child
Citizen of Timbuktu
Renée Warren
Citizen of Timbuktu
Timbuktu! - Standbys, Understudies, and Swings
Gregg Baker
Hadji
Joella Breedlove
One of the Three Princesses of Baguezane
Dyane Harvey
Bird in Paradise
Najua
Bruce A. Hubbard
The Mansa of Mali
Jimmy Justice
M'Ballah of the River
Eugene Little
Bird in Paradise
Munshi
Tony Ndogo
Antelope
Shezwae Powell
Shaleem-La-Lume
Ron Richardson
Chief Policeman
Vanessa Shaw
Marsinah
Replacement
Vanessa Shaw
Louis Tucker
The Wazir
Timbuktu! - Music
Charles H. Coleman
Musical Director
Earl Shendell
Musical Coordinator
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Luther Davis
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Robert Wright
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George Forrest
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Charles Lederer
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Edward Knoblock
From the play
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Ian Calderon
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Abe Jacob
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Stanley James
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William David Brohn
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Charles H. Coleman
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Donald Christy
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Jeanna Belkin
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Pat Trott
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Miguel Godreau
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