Overview
Character Name
Mel Sturdyvant
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
A Chicago recording studio during the sweltering summer of 1927, at the height of the Blues era
Analysis
he white owner of the Chicago recording studio where Ma Rainey is recording. He is a man who is obsessed with making money. He is “insensitive to black performers and prefers to deal with them at arm’s length” (Wilson’s description). He is incredibly frustrated with Ma’s
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