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Mustapha Matura

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and supported by Matura's estate along with other donors, with the competition being open to emerging young black playwrights of Caribbean and African descendant up to the age of 25, and including a cash prize and a nine-month mentoring programme with a leading Black British playwright.
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Volume 21, p. 153, 1971: "Next to the intensity of 'Death and the Maiden' and the breadth of 'Brothers and Sisters,' Mustapha Matura's new play, 'The Coup,' at the National, seems small in scale. It is a satiric comedy about the limits of revolution. Mr. Matura can be a
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as a "beautifully observed production... a richly informative play that raises big questions about the nature of liberation, and is also hilariously precise about the shifting balance of power." The reviewer for
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Matura was also a poet, and in Bayswater, West London, in 1971 he performed his epic poem "Elae Elae Ghanga", and featured in an evening of poetry and music on Friday, 29 October, organised by the
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and found out the sophistication of our dreams was just a gloss. It was very harsh on the bottom of the ladder." After a year working as a hospital porter, he and fellow Trinidadian
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Matura's first marriage, to Marian Walsh, with whom he had two children (Dominic and Ann), ended in divorce. He was subsequently married to Ingrid Selberg, daughter of
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as "a pioneering black playwright who opened the doors for his successors", Matura was the first British-based dramatist of colour to have a play in London's
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Leaving the Caribbean, he travelled by ship to England where he arrived in 1962; as he recalled in a 1977 interview: "We went to
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Matura: Six Plays: "As Time Goes By", "Nice", "Play Mas", "Independence", "Welcome Home Jacko" and "Meetings"
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Matura received a number of awards and honours throughout his career, in the UK and in Trinidad, including:
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In 2021, the Mustapha Matura Award and Mentoring Programme was announced, linked to the
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was staged by the Orange Tree Theatre, with a cast comprising Kevin N Golding,
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as "the most perceptive and humane of Black dramatists writing in Britain."
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Busby, Margaret, "2015: The Year of Being Connected, Exhibition-wise",
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was first performed at the Royal Court in 1974 (with Stefan Kalipha,
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Snow on Sugarcane: The Evolution of West Indian Poetry in Britain
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wrote: "It is surprising that this is the first major revival of
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It Felt Empty When the Heart Went at First but It Is Alright Now
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Nice, Rum an' Coca Cola & Welcome Home Jacko: Three Plays
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In 1978, he co-founded the Black Theatre Co-operative (now
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Alfred Fagon Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing
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and Mona Hammond in the cast), winning Matura the London
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The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers
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and Bethan Mary-James, directed by Kalungi Ssebandeke.
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1991: Trinidad National Award – the Scarlet Ibis Gold.
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in 1939 to an East Indian father and Creole mother in
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The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
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First published in 548:Matura died aged 79 on 29 October 2019, in 185:(17 December 1939 – 29 October 2019) was a 1669: 1655: 1647: 507:Matura's work for television included the 31: 20: 16:Trinidad and Tobago playwright (1939–2019) 1475:The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920– 1010:"Playwright Mustapha Matura dies aged 79" 1242:The Caribbean Artists Movement 1966–1972 1228:, Black Plays Archive, National Theatre. 2238:20th-century dramatists and playwrights 1038:Billington, Michael (1 November 2019). 984: 676:(Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1978) 1697:Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1519:"Arena, Signature Top Hayes Nominees" 1093: 1091: 1057: 1055: 1053: 550:St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 359:Among Matura's subsequent plays were 348:In October 2023, a new production of 7: 1536:Richards, David (21 February 1994). 1295:, Volume 31, Issue 4, November 2016. 575:created by Matura, Clement Ishmael, 1583:Black British Culture & Society 1189:"Stage: Mustapha Matura's 'Meetings 272:was first performed in 1971 at the 1423:Quinn, Michael (31 October 2019). 1329:Abdul, Geneva (19 November 2019). 1008:Masso, Giverny (30 October 2019). 14: 2253:British writers of Indian descent 464:) together with British director 210:in 1974. He was described by the 2263:Trinidad and Tobago male writers 2067:The Cosmonaut's Last Message ... 1141:Neill, Heather (14 March 2015). 973:Goldsmiths, University of London 476:was presented at The Factory in 429:Other literary and cultural work 2085:Further than the Furthest Thing 1517:Swisher, Kara (21 March 1995). 1411:"Plays directed by Roland Rees" 949:Most Promising Playwright Award 579:and Nicolas Kent opened at the 517:(1983–85), written by him with 1110:Dace, Tish (6 November 1977). 1074:Harris, William (9 May 1993). 829:. London: Oberon Books, 2010, 369:Institute of Contemporary Arts 1: 1739:Narrow Road to the Deep North 1717:A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 1161:"Meetings by Mustapha Matura" 1129:"Play Mas – Quotes + Reviews" 971:2016: Honorary Fellowship of 612:(ICA, 1970, dir. Roland Rees) 375:(The Factory, London, 1978), 1608:"Mustapha Matura: My London" 1462:Playboy of the Western World 1226:"Black Theatre Co-operative" 798:Three Sisters. 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Gifford), 785:Bloomsbury Publishing 405:, 1984; produced for 253:Shakespeare in Harlem 2095:Jumping on my Shadow 1896:The Rat in the Skull 1770:Freehold on Antigone 1491:(17 December 2019). 1211:Mustapha Matura page 1064:, Screenonline, BFI. 2166:Alexi Kaye Campbell 2149:Taking Care of Baby 2133:The Rubenstein Kiss 1845:Stephen Bill (1979) 1616:Inside Notting Hill 1562:, 12 February 2016. 1523:The Washington Post 1446:by Mustapha Matura. 1390:Black History Month 1165:Orange Tree Theatre 998:. 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