Overview
Character Name
Sylvester Brown
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dramatic Function
Catalyst, Comic Relief
Relationships
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
A Chicago recording studio during the sweltering summer of 1927, at the height of the Blues era
Analysis
Sylvester is Ma Rainey’s young, eager nephew who stutters severely, yet finds himself at the center of a battle of wills between Ma and the studio executives. He is the only one she shows real affection for. He is an “Arkansas Country boy, the size of a fullback” (Wilson’s
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