{"id":388,"date":"2013-09-13T02:10:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T02:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/?p=388"},"modified":"2013-09-15T02:14:28","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T02:14:28","slug":"the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The circumstances \u00a0concerning Alfred Fagon&#8217;s death was quite contestable since most people wasn&#8217;t quite sure based on the information posted online regarding his death, required some further explanation. On the 29th August 1986 \u00a0<strong>Alfred Fagon\u00a0<\/strong>experienced\u00a0a fatal heart attack while jogging home.<\/p>\n<p>The police at the time proclaimed that they \u00a0were not able to locate any identifiable documents on him, as a result he was given a pauper&#8217;s funeral. When he did not turn up for a meeting at the BBC they contacted his agent Harriet Cruickshank who eventually discovered what had happened to him. Alfred Fagon&#8217;s friends and family decided to set up an award in his name, to celebrate and recognize writers of Caribbean and African descent.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Finally the Alfred Fagon Award was \u00a0created in 1997 and is today is supported by The Peggy Ramsay Foundation, The Royal Court Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information regarding Alfred Fagon history can be found on The\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/vastatic\/theatre\/archives\/thm-89f.html\">Victoria and Albert Museum:<\/a> Theatre Collections.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The circumstances \u00a0concerning Alfred Fagon&#8217;s death was quite contestable since most people wasn&#8217;t quite sure based on the information posted online regarding his death, required some further explanation. On the 29th August 1986 \u00a0Alfred Fagon\u00a0experienced\u00a0a fatal heart attack while jogging home. The police at the time proclaimed that they \u00a0were not able to locate any identifiable documents on him, as a result he was given a pauper&#8217;s funeral. When he did not turn up for a meeting at the BBC they contacted his agent Harriet Cruickshank who eventually discovered what had happened to him. Alfred Fagon&#8217;s friends and family decided to set up an award in his name, to celebrate and recognize writers of Caribbean and African descent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[40,45],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-playwrights-of-the-week","tag-alfred-fagon","tag-playwright-of-the-week"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award - MA&#039;s Playhouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award - MA&#039;s Playhouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The circumstances \u00a0concerning Alfred Fagon&#8217;s death was quite contestable since most people wasn&#8217;t quite sure based on the information posted online regarding his death, required some further explanation. On the 29th August 1986 \u00a0Alfred Fagon\u00a0experienced\u00a0a fatal heart attack while jogging home. The police at the time proclaimed that they \u00a0were not able to locate any identifiable documents on him, as a result he was given a pauper&#8217;s funeral. When he did not turn up for a meeting at the BBC they contacted his agent Harriet Cruickshank who eventually discovered what had happened to him. Alfred Fagon&#8217;s friends and family decided to set up an award in his name, to celebrate and recognize writers of Caribbean and African descent.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MA&#039;s Playhouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-13T02:10:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-09-15T02:14:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"masplayhouse\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"masplayhouse\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"masplayhouse\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e38069fca1f8dd498e5a8036f19fbd03\"},\"headline\":\"The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-13T02:10:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-15T02:14:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":174,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Alfred Fagon\",\"playwright of the week\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Playwrights of The Week\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award - MA's Playhouse\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-13T02:10:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-15T02:14:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e38069fca1f8dd498e5a8036f19fbd03\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"MA's Playhouse\",\"description\":\"Giving a Voice and Platform to Caribbean Artists\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e38069fca1f8dd498e5a8036f19fbd03\",\"name\":\"masplayhouse\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35a1c3b47d71bf29e216d651d0a6d7bf2aa808bacf32e4d85583943df4809f68?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35a1c3b47d71bf29e216d651d0a6d7bf2aa808bacf32e4d85583943df4809f68?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35a1c3b47d71bf29e216d651d0a6d7bf2aa808bacf32e4d85583943df4809f68?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"masplayhouse\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/masplayhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/masplayhouse\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award - MA's Playhouse","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award - MA's Playhouse","og_description":"The circumstances \u00a0concerning Alfred Fagon&#8217;s death was quite contestable since most people wasn&#8217;t quite sure based on the information posted online regarding his death, required some further explanation. On the 29th August 1986 \u00a0Alfred Fagon\u00a0experienced\u00a0a fatal heart attack while jogging home. The police at the time proclaimed that they \u00a0were not able to locate any identifiable documents on him, as a result he was given a pauper&#8217;s funeral. When he did not turn up for a meeting at the BBC they contacted his agent Harriet Cruickshank who eventually discovered what had happened to him. Alfred Fagon&#8217;s friends and family decided to set up an award in his name, to celebrate and recognize writers of Caribbean and African descent.","og_url":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/","og_site_name":"MA's Playhouse","article_published_time":"2013-09-13T02:10:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-09-15T02:14:28+00:00","author":"masplayhouse","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"masplayhouse","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/"},"author":{"name":"masplayhouse","@id":"http:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e38069fca1f8dd498e5a8036f19fbd03"},"headline":"The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award","datePublished":"2013-09-13T02:10:16+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-15T02:14:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/"},"wordCount":174,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Alfred Fagon","playwright of the week"],"articleSection":["Playwrights of The Week"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/","url":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/","name":"The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award - MA's Playhouse","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-09-13T02:10:16+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-15T02:14:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e38069fca1f8dd498e5a8036f19fbd03"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-birth-of-the-alfred-fagon-awards\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Birth of The Alfred Fagon Award"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/#website","url":"http:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/","name":"MA's Playhouse","description":"Giving a Voice and Platform to Caribbean Artists","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e38069fca1f8dd498e5a8036f19fbd03","name":"masplayhouse","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35a1c3b47d71bf29e216d651d0a6d7bf2aa808bacf32e4d85583943df4809f68?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35a1c3b47d71bf29e216d651d0a6d7bf2aa808bacf32e4d85583943df4809f68?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35a1c3b47d71bf29e216d651d0a6d7bf2aa808bacf32e4d85583943df4809f68?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"masplayhouse"},"url":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/author\/masplayhouse\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395,"href":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masplayhouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}