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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.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0[more…]<\/p>\n

Production: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Date: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Theatre<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

– Playboy of the West Indies \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01984 \u00a0 \u00a0The Tricycle Theatre
\n– One Rule \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01981 \u00a0 \u00a0Riverside Studios
\n– Small World \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01996 \u00a0 \u00a0Southwark
\n– PlayhouseRum an’ Coca Cola \u00a0 1976 \u00a0 \u00a0Royal Court Theatre\u00a0Welcome
\n-Trinidad Sisters \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1988 \u00a0 \u00a0 Donmar Warehouse<\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0[more…] Production: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Date: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Theatre: – Playboy of the West Indies \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01984 \u00a0 \u00a0The Tricycle Theatre – One Rule \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01981 \u00a0 \u00a0Riverside Studios – Small World \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01996 \u00a0 \u00a0Southwark – PlayhouseRum an’ Coca Cola \u00a0 1976 \u00a0 \u00a0Royal Court Theatre\u00a0Welcome -Trinidad Sisters \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1988 \u00a0 \u00a0 Donmar Warehouse Source: Further reading “\u00a0Nation Theatre Black Plays Archive\u00a0“<\/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":[21,22],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-playwrights-of-the-week","tag-mustapha-matura","tag-palywright"],"yoast_head":"\nMustapha Matura Playwright of the Week - MA'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\/07\/mustapha-matura-playwright-of-the-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mustapha Matura Playwright of the Week - MA's Playhouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Born in Trinidad Mustapha Matura is an award winning playwright. 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