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His first play produced there was Dame Lorraine, the final play of his Caribbean trilogy. Set in modern times, the play tells the story of an elderly couple living in Harlem that anxiously await the return of their last surviving son who has just been released from prison.
Inspired by Caribbean playwrights and artists like Dennis Scott, the Collective utilizes songs, games, rituals, folklore, African stories, reggae, and other elements of Jamaican popular culture in their plays. [5] Performances often rely heavily on dance, mime, and ritual.
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Roderick Aldon Walcott was born in Castries, St Lucia, the son of Alix (Maarlin) and Warwick Walcott. [3] He was educated at St Mary's College there. In 1950, he (together with his brother Derek and friends) was instrumental in founding the St Lucia Arts Guild, to read and perform plays. [2]
After seeing his first play at the age of nine, he fell in love with theatre. Educated at Beckford & Smith High School, now known as St. Jago High School , he began his theatre career as a teacher after a three-year stint at Rose Bruford College , an English drama school, where he studied in the early 1960s on scholarship. [ 4 ]
His plays include Terminus (1966), Dog, and An Echo in the Bone (1974); the latter was published, together with a play by Derek Walcott and one by Errol Hill, in Plays for Today (1985), edited by Hill. [citation needed] Scott's dramatic work is acknowledged as a major influence on the direction of Caribbean theatre. [2]
Harry Belafonte, a calypso-popularizing music legend and tireless civil rights activist, died at 96 of congestive heart failure today (April 25) at his Manhattan home. Belafonte was the world’s ...
This is a list of notable playwrights. See also Literature; Drama; List of playwrights by nationality and date of birth ; Lists of authors . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.