
Mustapha Matura
Dates:
1939-
Gender:
Male
Place of birth:
Trinidad and Tobago
Biography
Born in Trinidad Mustapha Matura is an award winning playwright. In 1962 Matura sailed to England and a year later, after working as a hospital porter, Matura, with fellow Trinidadian Horace Ov, headed for Rome, where he worked as an assistant stage manager on a production of Langston Hughes' Shakespeare in Harlem. Matura returned to England and in 1974 the Royal Court Theatre staged his work Play Mas, which won him the Evening Standard's 'Most Promising Playwright' Award and in 1978, he co-founded the Black Theatre Co-operative with Charlie Hanson. Matura's plays have been produced at a number of theatres including The National Theatre, Tricycle Theatre, Almost Free Theatre and the Young Vic.
Productions
Publications
Title | Date | Publisher |
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Playboy of the West Indies | 2010 | Oberon Modern Plays |
Three Sisters by A.P. Chekov and Mustapha Matura | 2006 | Oberon Books |
Six Plays: As Time Goes By; Play Mas; Independence; Welcome Home Jacko; Nice; Meetings | 1992 | Methuen Drama |
The Coup | 1991 | Methuen Drama |
Play Mas; Independence; Meetings | 1982 | Methuen Publishing |
Nice, Rum an' Coca Cola and Welcome Home Jacko : Three Plays by Mustapha Matura | 1980 | Methuen New Theatre Script |
2013 |
Critical sources
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