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Roderick Aldon Walcott, OBE (23 January 1930 – 6 March 2000), was a St Lucian playwright, screenwriter, painter, theatre director, costume and set designer, lyricist and literary editor. [1] As a dramatist he "has been recognised as one of the most committed figures in the effort to develop a distinctive Caribbean theatre in the region". [ 2 ]
Michael Arthur Gilkes (5 November 1933 – 14 April 2020) [1] [2] was a Caribbean literary critic, dramatist, poet, filmmaker and university lecturer. He was involved in theatre for more than 40 years, [3] as a director, actor and playwright, [4] [5] winning the Guyana Prize for Drama in 1992 and 2006, as well as the Guyana Prize for Best Book of Poetry in 2002.
Bertram Israel Augustus Charles (4 September 1937 – 11 November 1994) was an influential Caribbean playwright who, with the theatre company he founded, Related Arts Group, wrote and produced plays in Georgetown, Guyana.
The Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) was an influential cultural initiative, begun in London, England, in 1966 and active until about 1972, [1] that focused on the works being produced by Caribbean writers, visual artists, poets, dramatists, film makers, actors and musicians.
Barrington John Reckord (19 November 1926 – 20 December 2011), [1] known as Barry Reckord, was a Jamaican playwright, one of the earliest Caribbean writers to make a contribution to theatre in Britain.
Pearl Connor-Mogotsi, née Nunez (13 May 1924 – 11 February 2005), was a Trinidadian-born theatrical and literary agent, actress and cultural activist, who was a pioneering campaigner for the recognition and promotion of African Caribbean arts. [1]
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Joseph-Hackett died in 1988 in Barbados. In 1991, the Queen's Park Theatre was renamed in her honor. [9] The theatre closed in 2005, but was renovated and reopened in 2017. [10] Annually, during the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts, the top honor in dramatic performance is given the Daphne Joseph-Hackett Award For Excellence in ...