Mustapha Matura Playwright of the Week

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. [more…]

Production:                               Date:        Theatre:

– Playboy of the West Indies        1984    The Tricycle Theatre
– One Rule                                    1981    Riverside Studios
– Small World                                1996    Southwark
– PlayhouseRum an’ Coca Cola   1976    Royal Court Theatre Welcome
-Trinidad Sisters                           1988     Donmar Warehouse

Source: Further reading “ Nation Theatre Black Plays Archive “