A bibliography of drama in English by Caribbean

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A bibliography of drama in English by Caribbean writers, to 2010
compiled by
George Parfitt and Jessica Parfitt
This bibliography is inevitably incomplete. A note of principal sources used will be found at the end.
Corrections, gap-fillers, and additions, preferably by e-mail, are welcome: georgeparfitt@btinternet.com
AUTHOR
Aaron,
Philbert
Abbensetts,
Michael
BIRTH
PLACE
TITLE
Earliest
known
perf. or
written
date
Perf
venue
Place
Pub’n
date
Publisher
Place of
pub’n
Radio
/TV/
Film
Notes
See Steve Hyacinth
Guyana
Alterations
1978
New End
Theatre
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Guyana
1994
Channel
4
BBC TV
TV
R
1976
BBC
Radio
ITV
Guyana
Big George
Is Dead
Black
Christmas
Brothers of
the Sword
Crime and
Punishment
Easy Money
1982
BBC TV
TV
Guyana
El Dorado
1984
Theatre
Royal
First episode of BBC
‘Playhouse’ Series
In M.A.Four Plays
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Guyana
Empire
Road
Heavy
Manners
Home
1978 79
BBC TV
TV
First black British T.V.
soap opera. Wrote 2 series
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
1977
1978
Hampstead
London
2001
Oberon
London
R
TV
TV
Stratford
East,
London
Birmingham
2001
Oberon
London
F
1975
BBC
Revised 1985.
Produced for BBC World
Service 1980.
In M.A.Four Plays
R
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
1975
Guyana
Inner City
Blues
Little
Napoleons
Outlaw
Guyana
Roadrunner
1977
Radio
Hampstead
Theatre
Granada
TV
Channel
4
Arts
Theatre
ITV
Guyana
Royston’s
Day
1978
BBC TV
Birmingham
1988
Heinemann
London
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Guyana
Samba
1980
London
1980
Eyre
Methuen
London
Guyana
Summer
Passions
Sweet Talk
1985
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Guyana
The Dark
Horse
The Fast
Lane
The Lion
1981
1993
Tricycle
Theatre
BBC
Radio
Royal
Court
Upstairs
BBC
Radio
BBC
Radio
Cochrane
1973
BBC TV
TV
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Guyana
1998
BBC TV
TV
Abbensetts,
Michael
Guyana
The
Museum
Attendant
The Record
Collection
The Street
Party
The Sunny
Side of the
Street
Vanessa’s
World
Guyana
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Abbensetts,
Michael
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Again
In The
Mood
1981
1994
1983
1973
1980
London
2001
BBC
Radio
2001
BBC TV
London
Manchester
In M.A.Four Plays
TV
TV
Episode One of ‘Crown
Court’
4-part drama
Leicester
TV
First episode of ‘ITV
Playhouse’ series
Episode 4, Series 1 of
Empire Road. In Living
Together
R
‘Monday Play’
R
Also BBC Radio 1974
TV
London
1974
Eyre
Methuen
London
R
R
London
1988
1977
Oberon
Heinemann
London
Produced with Talawa
Theatre Co.
Season 8, Episode 36 of
BBC’s ‘30 Minute Theatre’
series
‘Windrush Season Still
Here’
In Living Together
R
Birmingham
TV
‘Doctors’ Series, Episode
One.
Adams,
Eleston
‘Namba’
Antigua
Agard, John
Guyana
Agard, John
Guyana
Agard, John
Guyana
Agard, John
Guyana
Agard, John
Guyana
Ali, Patti-Ann
Alladin, M.P.
Alladin, M.P.
Alladin, M.P.
Allen,
Howard
Allen, Lillian
Founder/playwright Rio
Revealers. Allegedly author
of some 14 plays, but no
details found
Beauty and
Babel the
Beast
Go Noah
Go!
Great
Snakeskin
Odessa and
the Magic
Goat
Petrushka
1995
2009
Oval
House
Little
Angel
London
1995
Oval House
London
1992
Picture
Knight
With Judy Brown
1993
Ginn
Sevenoaks,
Kent
London
2000
Faber
London
In Helen Rose (ed.) Plays
for Children
Selfpublished
Selfpublished
Selfpublished
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
London
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Antigua
Brainser
1970
Hosay
1970
The P.S.
1970
Jamaica
Art and
Motherhood
Love and
Other
Strange
Things
Marketplace
One
Bedroom
With
Dignity
The Blood
Clot
The Master
Allen, Lillian
Jamaica
Allen, Lillian
Allen, Lillian
Jamaica
Jamaica
Amoroso,
Ronald
Amoroso,
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
See Joey Clarke
One Act
One Act
One Act
See Jermilla Kirwan
1985
1991
and
1993
Dub poet
1995
1987
R
1970
Trinidad
1974
Caracas,
One Act
1979
Longman
Port of
One Act. In Errol Hill (ed.)
Ronald
Anderson,
Balfour
and Tobago
Jamaica
Anderson,
Balfour
Jamaica
Anderson,
Peter
Anonymous
Jamaica
Anonymous
Guyana?
Anonymous
Trinidad
and
Tobago?
Trinidad
and
Tobago?
Jamaica
Anonymous
Anonymous:
A Gentleman
of this City
Anonymous:
A Gentleman
of this City
Jamaica
Anonymous:
A Kingston
Gentleman
Anonymous:
A West
Jamaica
Jamaica
of Carnival
No
Compromis
e
Secret
Lovers
2009
1989
Pantry
Playhous
e
Barn
Theatre
Theatre
Royal
Venezuela
Kingston
Spain
Three Caribbean Plays
Kingston
Also produced in Miami.
Six more plays at Green
Gables Theatre, Jamaica,
1988-90. No details. Claims
a number of other one act
and full-length dramas
See Frank Pilgrim
Kingston
Alpha Cottage Sisters,
Alpha Cottage High School
Kingston
Not certainly by a
Guyanese
In Stormy
Days, or
The Vow
That Saved
Jamaica
Pillars in the
Mud
The Court
del Santa
Cruz
The Grand
Seignor
1897
Edinburgh
Castle, or
The Last
Days of
Hutchinson,
the Assassin
Rudolph:
The
Calabrian
Banditti
The Man of
My Own
Choice
Scandal
Club, or
1855
Theatre
Royal
Kingston
1822
Kingston
Theatre
Kingston
Melodrama. Burnett’s
Company of Comedians
1859
Theatre
Royal
Kingston
Lanergan Company
1970s
1845
1845
1782
Indian Lady
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Trinidad
and Tobago
Virtue in
Danger
Anne-Marie
1958
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
1967
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Also produced London,
1976. Caribbean Plays:One
Act Play
1977
UWI Extra
Mural
Caribbean Plays and Other
Publications 7
1977
UWI Extra
Mural
St
Augustine,
Trinidad
Port of
Spain
1972
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
1958
UWI Extra
Mural
Mona,
Jamaica
Trinidad
and Tobago
Back of
Beyond
1984
Trinidad
and Tobago
Defeat with
Honour
1977
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Archibald,
Douglas
(Rupert)
Arrindell,
Barbara
Trinidad
and Tobago
Isidore and
the Turtle
Trinidad
and Tobago
Island Tide
1972
Trinidad
and Tobago
Junction
Village
1954
Trinidad
and Tobago
My Good
Friend
Justice
Old Maid’s
Tale
1972
1965
Port of
Spain
1966
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Play, 12
1962
Port of
Spain
1967
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays and Other
Publications 1
Trinidad
and Tobago
The
Bamboo
Clump
The Family
Next Door
Trinidad
and Tobago
The Rose
Slip
1962
Port of
Spain
Antigua
2001
St John’s,
Antigua
Ashby,
Trinidad
Dreams…Fa
ces…Realit
y
Sailors
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
San
Fernando,
Trinidad
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays and Other
Publications 5
R
Stage and radio. Caribbean
Plays and Other
Publications 6
Also produced in London,
1955
TV
1973?
R
1972
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Series
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Play
Author and director. St
John’s Youth Drama Group
1966
UWI Extra
Port of
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Osborne
Ashby,
Osborne
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Ashore
The doctor
in spite of
himself
Asika,
Nkemba
(Frank John)
Atkinson,
Dermot
Augier,
Adrian
Augier,
Adrian
Augier,
Adrian
Trinidad
and Tobago
Orange
Lady
Jamaica
The
Meeting
Anthem
St Lucia
2000
St Lucia
Augier,
Adrian
Augier,
Adrian
Augustus,
Earl
St Lucia
Hewanorra
2007
St Lucia
Troumassay
2000
Trinidad
and Tobago
Amarimba
and the
Birth of the
Drum
Baku, Shango
Trinidad
and Tobago
Guyana
Asra
Guyana
Savitri
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Bond of
Matrimony
Vulnerable
Doubled
Jamaica
After This
We Heard
Balgobin,
Basil
Barker, J.S.
Barker, J.S.
Barrett,
Lindsay
Spain
Port of
Spain
n.d.
Selfpublished
Trinidad?
1985
Selfpublished
Jamaica?
2004
BridgeMake
r
Esperance
Balgobin,
Basil
St Lucia
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
1966
Founded Lighthouse
Theatre, 1983. Folk musical
Staged in London and St
Lucia
Produced as part of St
Lucia’s Independence
activities
2009
Staged in St Lucia, Dublin,
Guadaloupe
1975
Selfpublished
Port of
Spain
1984
Baku
Publications
Belmont,
Trinidad
1945
3 Plays of Our Time
Widely attributed to
Balgobin, but not definite.
See Sheik Sadeek
Uncertain attribution
1966
1966
Early
1970s
Play 8
Adapted from Moliere’s Le
Médecin Malgré Lui.
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Play 8
Ibadan
Arts
Ibadan,
Nigeria
UWI Extra
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
Mona
Jamaica
St
Augustine,
Trinidad
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Play 17
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Play 5
Barrett,
Lindsay
Barrett,
Lindsay
Barrett,
Lindsay
Jamaica
Barrett,
Lindsay
Jamaica
Bascom,
Harold
Jamaica
of Fire
Black Blast
Theatre
1973
Home
Again
Jump
Kookoo
Makka
Sighs of a
Slave
Dream
1967
Guyana
Blank
Document
2010
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
1991
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
Book and
Key for
Stolen U.S.
Cockle
House
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
Crisis Spell
1991
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
Family
Budget
1989
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
Home for
Christmas
1992
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
Makantali
1996
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
Queen O’De
Pack
1995
Bascom,
Guyana
T.V. Alley
1988
Jamaica
1967
1970s
1996
London
Staged by Wole Soyinka
Company
At Commonwealth Arts
Festival
Leicester
University
Keskidee
Leicester,
England
London
R
Theatre
Guild
Playhous
e
National
Cultural
Center
National
Cultural
Center
National
Cultural
Center
National
Cultural
Center
National
Cultural
Center
Theatre
Guild
Playhous
e
National
Cultural
Center
National
Georgetown
R
Georgetown
Georgetown
Georgetown
Georgetown
Georgetown
Georgetown
Georgetown
George-
Drama, dance and music.
Other plays at Mberi
Theatre, University of
Ibadan and Nigerian
National Radio.
Stage and radio
Harold
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
Tessa Real
Girl and the
Old Fool
The Barrel
1990
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
Bascom,
Harold
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
The
Butterline
The Visa
Wedding
1983
Bascom,
Harold
Bascom,
Harold
Guyana
Two
Wrongs
Witch-hunt
for Harry
Barker
A Nancy
Story
1994
Bastien,
Elliott
Trinidad
and Tobago
Beckles,
Hilary (Sir)
Barbados
A
Monument
for Moses
2009
Beckles,
Hilary (Sir)
Barbados
2010
Beckles,
Hilary (Sir)
Barbados
Sarah-Ann’s
Revival of a
Moral Crusade
Sobie
Belgrave,
Trinidad
Night of the
1991
Guyana
Guyana
1987
1989
1993
1982
2007
Cultural
Center
National
Cultural
Center
National
Cultural
Center
Lichas
Hall
National
Cultural
Center
town
National
Cultural
Center
Little
Carib
Georgetown
Errol
Barrow
Centre
for
Creative
Imagination
Georgetown
Georgetown
Linden,
Guyana
Georgetown
Wood brook, Port
of Spain
Cave Hill,
Barbados
Cave Hill,
Barbados
Errol
Barrow
Centre
for
Creative
Imagination
Little
Cave Hill,
Barbados
Wood-
Also staged at Creative Arts
Valerie
Bennett,
Louise
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
and Tobago
Wolf
Carib
brook, Port
of Spain
Centre, Jamaica, 1994
See Una Marson
Guyana
1990
Guyana
1990
Guyana
Guyana
Brooklyn
Raani
Disco
Dulahin
From
Ganges to
Demarary
From
Peddos to
Guanahani
Hello El
Dorado
I is a Jumbie
Guyana
Mad as Hell
Guyana
The Jaguar
and the
Flute
The Migrant
Error
The
Presence
The Ritual
Guyana
Guyana
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Guyana
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Guyana
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Guyana
Bissoondyal,
Churaumanie
Guyana
Blaze, Ronan
Guyana
Brathwaite,
E.K.
Brown, J.S.
Barbados
Guyana
Guyana
Jamaica
The Trick
and the
Raajaa
For the
Love of
Aidana
Soraya
Odale’s
Choice
The Demon
1988
Samuel
Beckett’s
Theatre
1991
York
University,
Toronto
Guyana
1990
Guyana
1989
Guyana
1989
Guyana
1989
1998
York
University
Toronto
1990
Selfpublished
Guyana?
Roopnandan
Singh
Paddy
Sheaves
Books
Georgetown
New
York
1988?
1997
Guyana
1986
1988
2009
Detroit
1971
Port of
Spain
Kingston
1898
2000
Theatre
GEMS Theatre Productions
1968
Evans
London
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Academy
A Ballet
Behind the
Bridge
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
A Ballet in a
Bear Pit
A Clean
Sweep
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
A
Communion
In Dark Sun
A Last
Dance In
The Sun
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Becoming
Persons
Blood
Promise of a
Shopping
Plaza
Devil Mas’
Fog Drifts
In the
Spring
Home is a
Long Way
I Have To
Call My
Father
Jour Ouvert
1972
Royal
St.
Mark’s
Playhous
e
OffBroadway,
NY
1972
Selfpublished
New
Jersey
R
1976
Trinidad
and
Tobago
TV
Trinidad
TV
1975
Trinidad
and
Tobago
TV
Trinidad
TV
1976
1976
1974
Karamu
House
Theatre
Billie
Holiday
Theatre
Trinidad
and
Tobago
TV
1981
Talon books
Vancouver
In The Twilight Dinner and
Other Plays
Cleveland,
Ohio
1976
Grove Press
New
York
In P. C. Harrison (ed.)
Kuntu Drama
Brooklyn,
New York
1980
Talon Books
Vancouver
With The Twilight Dinner
and Blood Promises of a
Shopping Plaza
Trinidad
TV
1970
1969
Canadian
One-Act
Playwrit-
Performed by the Negro
Ensemble Company.
Produced by CBC, Radio
Toronto 1969
Canada
Fredonia
State
University
Fredonia
State
University
New
York
Pub. in Drama and Theatre
Vol. 8, No. 2 1969-1970
New
York
Pub. in Drama and Theatre
Vol. 8, No. 2 1969-1970.
Also self-published
ing
Competiton
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Moon In
The Mirror
Night Sun
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Processional
From La
Basse
Prodigal In
Black Stone
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Snow Dark
Sunday
Song of the
Spear
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Summer
Screen
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
The
Basement
The Blues
Smile
The Burning
Sky
The Captive
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
The
Conversion
The Gold
Coast of
Times
Square
The
Governor’s
Montreal, 1967
1987
1972
One Act
Eugene
O’Neill
Theater
Center
Waterford,
Ct, USA
1965
One Act
Port of
Spain
1965
Museum
Theatre
R
New York
1980
University of
British
Columbia,
Vancouver,
Canada
Toronto
1978
Selfpublished
Montreal
New York
CBC Radio 1972; Radio
610 Trinidad 1973.
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
In Prism International,
Winter 1980 Vol. 19 #2.
Frank Silvera’s Writer’s
Workshop
Reading at New York
Shakespeare Festival
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
House
The
Meeting
1966
Ottawa
Little
Theatre
Ontario
1974
Queens
College
Theater
New York
The Throne
in an
Autumn
Night
The Trinity
of Four
1979
Keskidee
Theatre
London
1970
Brooklyn,
New York
Trinidad
and Tobago
The
Twilight
Dinner
1978
Billie
Holiday
Theatre
St.
Mark’s
Playhous
e
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
The Winter
Train
1974
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
This Scent
of Incense
The Night
Class
The
Philosophy
of a Fast
Half-Back
The
Sisterhood
of A Spring
Night
The Team
University of
Hartford,
CT
Canadian
Broadcas
ting
Corpora-
Off
Broadway,
New York
1970
1981
In Performing Arts of
Canada. Also selfpublished, Montreal, 1966.
One Act
Talon Books
(There seems
to be some
doubt about
this)
Vancouver
R
CBC, 1972; and Radio 610,
1972
R
Performed by the Negro
Ensemble, New York. In
The Twilight Dinner and
Other Plays which includes
Fog drifts in the Spring and
The Blood Promise.
Broadcast BBC World
Service 1981
R
tion
Brown,
Lennox
Trinidad
and Tobago
Brown,
Lennox
Brown,
Patrick
Trinidad
and Tobago
Jamaica
Brown,
Patrick
Brown,
Patrick
Brown,
Patrick
Jamaica
Black Lace
2002
Jamaica
1999
Brown,
Patrick
Brown,
Patrick
Brown,
Patrick
Jamaica
Breadfruit
Kingdom
Christopher
Cum Buck
Us
Cornflakes
Jamaica
December
Jamaica
Dirty Diana
Brown,
Patrick
Jamaica
Easy Street
Brown,
Patrick
Jamaica
Brown,
Patrick
Brown,
Patrick
Brown,
Patrick
Jamaica
Brown,
Patrick
Jamaica
Mounting
Sex in the
Afternoon
Zone
Oliver and
the Genie
Oliver’s
Posse
On the
Seventh
Day
Puppy Love
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Three
Colours of a
Dream
Quartet
Wine in
Winter
A Butler
Did It
1972
Trinidad
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
With Caroline RussellKing. Brown also wrote a
number of Revue shows.
F
Jambiz production
2003
1982
2009
Centrestage
Theatre
Centrestage
Theatre
New
Kingston
New
Kingston
With Caroline Russell-King
2002
Jambiz production
1996
Jambiz production
1985
2002
Brown,
Patrick
Brown,
Patrick
Brown,
Patrick
Jamaica
Stillborn
Jamaica
Sunquest
1983
Jamaica
2004
Brown,
Patrick
Brown,
William
Henry
Browne,
Vincent
Jamaica
The Last
Stand
(Charlies
Angels)
Yard 89
The Drama
of King
Shotaway
Big
Business
1823
A Dance in
the Dark
Folk Nativity
Good
Morning
Miss Millie
McB
Pio-Pio
Streak
The Night
Box
The Ruler
1983
St Vincent
Montserrat
Fairfield
Theatre
Montego
Bay,
Jamaica
Also Yard 90, Yard 99:
musical revues
Founded ‘African Theatre’
in USA, 1821
1991
Caribbean
Research
Center,
Madger
Evers
College
Brooklyn, New
York
In Big Business and the
Other Plays
See Dorbrene O’Marde
Bully, Alwin
Bully, Alwin
Dominica
Bully, Alwin
Dominica
Bully, Alwin
Dominica
Bully, Alwin
Bully, Alwin
Bully, Alwin
Bully, Alwin
Dominica
Dominica
Dominica
Dominica
Bully, Alwin
Dominica
Cambridge,
Arnold
Cameron,
Norman
Cameron,
Norman
Trinidad
and Tobago
Guyana
Cockadoo
Adinoyah
1943
Guyana
Balthazar
1931
1979
1968
Reichhol
d Center
Arts
Lecture
Theatre
People’s Action Theatre
Dominica
Cave Hill,
Barbados
Macmillan
London
1990
1978
1975
1977
One Act. In Champions of
the Gayelle I
Musical
1976
1967
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Adapted from novel by
G.C.H Thomas
Caribbean Plays: One-Act
play 45
Cameron,
Norman
Cameron,
Norman
Cameron,
Norman
Guyana
Ebedmalech
1953
Guyana
Jamaica Joe
1946
Guyana
1959
Cameron,
Norman
Cameron,
Norman
Cameron,
Norman
Campbell,
George
Guyana
Campbell,
Joan
Carew, Jan
Guyana
Kayssa, Or
Hear the
Other Side
Moses:
Sabaco
The Price of
Victory
The
Trumpet
A Play
Without
Scenery
Dhanwettie
Carew, Jan
Guyana
Carew, Jan
Guyana
Carew, Jan
Guyana
Carew, Jan
Guyana
Carew, Jan
Guyana
Carew, Jan
Guyana
Cendrecourt,
Esme
Guyana
Charles,
Bertram
Charles,
Bertram
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Panama/
Jamaica
Guyana
Guyana
Black
Horse, Pale
Rider
Sea Drums
in My Blood
Streets of
Eternity
The Big
Pride
The Day of
the Fox
The
Riverman
University
of Hunger
The
Romance of
Kaieteur
The Alexin
of Our Cure
The End of
the Affair
1982
Selfpublished
Georgetown
1947
1965
In two parts
1969
1961
1961
1968
1966
ITV
Drama
ITV
Drama
BBC
Radio
Theatre
Guild
London
TV
London
TV
London
R
Guyana
1931
1969
1968
Selfpublished
Related Arts
Group
Georgetown
Georgetown
Drama’61. With Sylvia
Wynter
Drama ‘61
Charles,
Bertram
Guyana
Within Our
Narrow
Walls
Gentlemen,
the King
Guardroom
Jitters
The
Collapsible
Bridegroom
Among the
Young
Chamber in
the Moon
Dinner with
Eleanor
1971
Chase, Sam
Guyana
Chase, Sam
Guyana
Chase, Sam
Guyana
Cherrie, Errol
Dominica?
Cherrie, Errol
Dominica?
Chevennes,
Amba
Jamaica
Chevennes,
Amba
Jamaica
The Last
Bloom
2007
Clarke, A.M.
Trinidad
and Tobago
Clarke, A.M.
1967
City Hall
1964?
Clarke, Joey
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Jamaica
Green
Magic, a
Folktale in
Verse
House of
Love
Road to
Glory
Devilish
Clarke, Joey
Jamaica
Matrimoney
1966-69
Clarke, Joey
Jamaica
Maubee
1996-99
Clarke, Joey
Jamaica
1996-99
Clarke, Joey
Jamaica
More
Maubee
Treasure
Strolling
Players
Little
Carib
Sugar
House
Sugar
House
Sugar
House
Sugar
House
Clarke, A.M.
Musical. St Cecilia Music
Club, Dominica
Musical. St Cecilia Music
Club, Dominica
1944
2007
1999
1996-99
Philip
Sherlock
Centre,
UWI
Philip
Sherlock
Centre,
UWI
Mona,
Jamaica
Mona,
Jamaica
Port of
Spain
Trinidad
Trinidad
1963
Selfpublished
Port of
Spain
1967
Selfpublished
Selfpublished
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
1964
Verse drama
Worked mainly with Sugar
House Drama Company
Trinidad
Trinidad
With Patti-Ann Ali
Trinidad
With Patti-Ann Ali
Trinidad
Cobham,
Cecil
Trinidad
and Tobago
False
Honeymoon
1924
Cobham,
Cecil
Trinidad
and Tobago
Retribution
1924
Cobham,
Cecil
Trinidad
and Tobago
Sold but not
Lost
1924
Collier,
Dorothy
Community
Players
Guyana
Five Plays
Antigua
Community
Players
Antigua
Celebration
in the
Market
Place
Priscilla’s
Wedding
Constance,
Zeno Obi
Constance,
Zeno Obi
Constance,
Zeno Obi
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Constance,
Zeno Obi
Constance,
Zeno Obi
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Constance,
Zeno Obi
Constance,
Zeno Obi
Constance,
Zeno Obi
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Constance,
Zeno Obi
Trinidad
and Tobago
Paragon
Dramatic
Club
Paragon
Dramatic
Club
Paragon
Dramatic
Club
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
1948
Daily
Chronicle
Guyana
Collaborative script
Antigua/
Guyana
Death Row
1984
Dorothy’s
Challenge
Dragonslayer
Dream
Duelling
Voices
Flight
through
Fantasy
My Father’s
Child
Patricia
1985
Reflections
of a
Nightmare
The
Cinderella
Syndrome
1979
1990
1984
1989
1986
1986
1986
2008
Antigua
Community
Players
Antigua
Collaborative script
Constance,
Zeno Obi
Trinidad
and Tobago
The Ritual.
Or Friday
Morning.
First Period
ChildrenChildren
Concubine?
1984
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
2000
Jamaica
Country
Duppy
Front Room
Cooke, Aston
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
High Grade
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
2008
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
Jamaica 2
RAHTID
Jamaica
Pepperpot
Jamaica
Run-Down
Kiss Mi
Neck
Me and Mi
Chapsie
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
1987
Cooke, Aston
Jamaica
River
Mumma and
the Golden
Table
Single Entry
Cummins,
Alvin
Cummins,
Alvin
Cummins,
Alvin
Barbados
Barbados
East Side –
West Side
Emmerton
Barbados
I-Jah
1985
2007
1984
Pleasant
Villa
Senior…
School
Little
Theatre
Pantry
Playhous
e
Barn
Theatre
Golden
Dragon
Playhous
e
La
Romain,
Trinidad
Also New Perspectives
Theatre Company, 1984:
with Banana Boat
Productions
Kingston
Kingston
Produced in Jamaica, USA,
Canada ,UK
Kingston
TV
1996
1995
2001
2009
2003
Barn
Theatre
Barn
Theatre
Barn
Theatre
Barn
Theatre
Pantry
Playhous
e
Ward
Theatre
Kingston
Barn
Theatre
Kingston
With Sabrena McDonald.
TVJ, CVM, CTV
Kingston
Kingston
Kingston
Kingston
Kingston
With Barbara Gloudon
Musical
Musical
Cummins,
Alvin
Cummins,
Alvin
Cummins,
Alvin
Cummins,
Alvin
Cumper,
Patricia
Cumper,
Patricia
Barbados
Cumper,
Patricia
Jamaica
Cumper,
Patricia
Cumper,
Patricia
Cumper,
Patricia
D’Aguiar,
Fred
Jamaica
D’Aguiar,
Fred
D’Aguiar,
Fred
D’Oliveira,
Evadne
London
Dawes,
Kwame
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Barbados
Barbados
Barbados
Jamaica
Jamaica
King Ja Ja
of Opobo
Redemption
The Homecoming
Three
Women
Buss Out
1968
Cave Hill Theatre Players
Musical
2009
Sistren Theatre Collective
Fallen
Angel and
the Devil
Concubine
Sweet Yam
Kisses
1989
Almeida
London
2006
London
2002
Jamaica
The Key
Game
The Rapist
Lyric,
Hammersmith
Riverside
Jamaica
Unzipped
2009
New
Kingston
London
London
A Jamaican
Airman
Foresees
His Death
High Life
1991
Stage
One
Young
Vic
Royal
Court
London
1995
London
1987
1997
Guyana
The Longest
Memory
The
Scattered
Jewels
Albany
Empire
Channel
4
Jamaica
One Love
2001
Jamaica
A Gift for
Mom
Champagne
2004
London
Jamaica
1977
1987
1986
Bristol
Old Vic
Groundwork Theatre
Company
Kushite
Theatre
Company
Stockwell,
London
With Courttia Newland
Macmillan
London
In Champions of the
Gayelle 1
Methuen
London
London
London
Georgetown and
Linden,
Guyana
Bristol
TV
2001
Methuen
London
Adapted by D’Aguiar from
his novel of the same name.
Also as a short story
collection
Talawa Production
Company.
Basil
and Sky
Juice
Couples
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Jamaica
Jamaica
For Better
or Worse
2009
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Jamaica
Forbidden
1999
Jamaica
God Bless
Jamaica
Hot Spot
2005
Jamaica
1997
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Jamaica
Jamaica
Mrs
Benedict’s
Night Out
No Dirty
Money
No
Disrespect
Parson and
Mrs Jones
Power Play
Jamaica
Same Song
1991
Jamaica
Toy Boy
1996
Jamaica
Uptown
Bangarang
2006
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Jamaica
Uptown
Bangarang 2
What the
2007
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Different
Tune
Feminine
Justice
Flat Mate
1984
1997
1980
Little
Little
Theatre
Jamaica
Little
Little
Theatre
Jamaica
2002
2004
1982
1995
2000
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
Dawkins,
Basil
De Boissiere,
Ralph
Jamaica
De Gale,
Michael
De Gale,
Michael
De Gale,
Michael
De Gale,
Michael
De Gale,
Michael
De Gale,
Michael
De Gale,
Michael
Grenada
De la Bastide,
Neville
DeRiggs,
Christopher
DeRiggs,
Christopher
Dixon,
McDonald
Dixon,
McDonald
Dixon,
McDonald
Dixon,
McDonald
Dixon,
Trinidad
and Tobago
Grenada
Jamaica
Trinidad
and Tobago
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
Hell is
Happening
to Us Dear?
Where is my
father?
Which Way
is Out?
Calypso Isle
Back in de
yard
De Kite
Buss
Jumbie
Corner
Murder in
the Streets
Mybone
Nest
Obeah Get
Away
The Old
Rugged
Cross
One for the
Road
De Wedding
St Lucia
Ivan RoofUs
A Soldier
Always
Dennery by
the Bay
Diaboltin
St Lucia
Kalenda
St Lucia
Kesnoh
St Lucia
St Lucia
2008
1955
Melbourne
, Australia
?Play about Hungarian
immigrants, set in
Melbourne, 1964
1972
Trinidad
Theatre Workshop
Brooklyn,
New York
New York
Author of some 13 plays
2010
2004
Wingate
HS
Brooklyn
College
Heritage Theatre Company
R
Dominica
One Act
One Act
2009
One-act
McDonald
Dixon,
McDonald
Dixon,
McDonald
Dixon,
McDonald
St Lucia
The Chosen
St Lucia
The Glass
Doll
The
Honourable
Game
The Last
Lamp
Tinday
2009
St Lucia
One Act
Dixon,
McDonald
Dixon,
McDonald
Donoghue,
Eddie
St Lucia
Montser-rat
Queen
Breffu
2008
Pistarkle
Theatre
Donoghue,
Eddie
Montser-rat
Queen
Coziah
2007
Pistarkle
Theatre
Dorant, St
Clair
Trinidad
and Tobago
Feelings
1979
Selfpublished
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Dorant, St
Clair
Trinidad
and Tobago
Hannah, the
Domestic
1977
Selfpublished
Dorant, St
Clair
Trinidad
and Tobago
1982
Selfpublished
Dorant, St
Clair
Trinidad
and Tobago
No
Crocodile
Tears
Pan Yard
1974
Selfpublished
Dorant, St
Clair
Trinidad
and Tobago
The Burning
Question
1979
Selfpublished
Dorant, St
Clair
Trinidad
and Tobago
1973
Selfpublished
Doyle-
Trinidad
The
Reckless
Lovers
Who Say?
1977
Self-
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Port of
St Lucia
One Act
One Act
St Thomas,
US Virgin
Islands
St Thomas,
US Virgin
Islands
Also A Collection of
Sketches and Plays Selfpublished, Diego
Martin,1973 and Two
Plays, self-published,
Diego Martin, 1973
Marshall,
William
Dwyer, Ted
Dyer,
Bernadette
and Tobago
Jamaica
Robert
Edgecombe,
David
Montser-rat
1977
Edgecombe,
David
Montser-rat
Coming
Home to
Roost
For Better,
For Worse
Edgecombe,
David
Montser-rat
Heaven
1991
Edgecombe,
David
Edgecombe,
David
Edgecombe,
David
Edgecombe,
David
Montser-rat
1987
Montser-rat
Kirnon’s
Kingdom
Making It
Montser-rat
Marilyn
Montser-rat
2000
Edgecombe,
David
Edgecombe,
David
Edgecombe,
David
Edwards, Gus
Montser-rat
Smile,
Natives
Smile
Sonavabitch
1977
Edwards, Gus
Antigua
Strong
Currents
View from
the Bridge
Black Boy
Blues
Fallen
Angel
Edwards, Gus
Antigua
Edwards, Gus
Antigua
Montser-rat
Montser-rat
Antigua
Go tell it on
the
Mountain
Manhattan
1973
published
Spain
Playwrights
Union of
Canada
Toronto
See Carmen Tipling
Monologue for black actors
Reichhold Caribbean
Repertory Company
UVI
Little
Theatre
UVI
Little
Theatre
BBC
St Thomas
St Thomas
R
Reichhold Caribbean
Repertory Company
Reichhold Caribbean
Repertory Company
1975
Montreal
National
Theatre
Lagos,
Nigeria
Based on two stories by
Austin Clark
1977
1978
Negro Ensemble
North
Carolina
School of
Arts
North
Carolina
TV
1983
BBC Play of the Month
Theatre
New York
Adaptation of James
Baldwin novel. American
Playhouse
Negro Ensemble
Made Me
Old
Heavens
Ramona
The
Offering
Weep not
for Me
Four
Edwards, Gus
Antigua
Edwards, Gus
Edwards, Gus
Antigua
Antigua
Edwards, Gus
Antigua
Elder, Lonne
Antigua
Espinet,
Ramabai
Fagon, Alfred
Trinidad
and Tobago
Jamaica
Fagon, Alfred
Jamaica
Fagon, Alfred
Jamaica
Dorcas Faku
Fagon, Alfred
Jamaica
Four
Hundred
Pounds
1982
Fagon, Alfred
Fagon, Alfred
Jamaica
Jamaica
1969
1985
Farrell,
Winston
Barbados
Farrell,
Winston
Barbados
Farrell,
Winston
Farrell,
Winston
Barbados
John Bull
Lonely
Cowboy
A Taste of
Madness
and HIV
Batting
through a
Century
Glass
Heaven
Golden
Towers
Barbados
Ceremonies
in Dark Old
Men
Indian
Robber Talk
11
Josephine
House
Death of a
Black Man
1978
Negro Ensemble
1986
1977
Negro Ensemble
Negro Ensemble
1981
1971
1972
1975
St Mark’s New York
Playhous
e
Open Air Antigua
Theatre
Company
Toronto
Almost
Free
Theatre
Hampstead
Theatre
Club
Negro Ensemble
London
2000
Oberon
London
London
2001
Oberon
London
Performance piece staged in
Toronto
In Alfred Fagon Plays
Foco Novo Theatre Club. In
Alfred Fagon Plays
Foco Novo Theatre Club.
With Diane Taylor
Royal
Court
Theatre
Upstairs
HTV
Tricycle
Theatre
London
TV
London
1989
Methuen
London
In Yvonne Brewster (ed.)
Black Plays 1
2005
2000
1987
1993
Produced by National
Cultural Foundation
Farrell,
Winston
Farrell,
Winston
Barbados
Heart Beat
1989
Barbados
Looking
Back at
Sodom
2002,
2010
Farrell,
Winston
Farrell,
Winston
Barbados
2001
Farrell,
Winston
Farrell,
Winston
Farrier,
Francis
Quamina
Farrier,
Francis
Quamina
Barbados
Old Women
in Waiting
The Real
Golden
Girls
Trouble in
de Su-Su
When Hope
Smiles
Border
Bridge
Guyana
Freedom
Trail
1971
Farrier,
Francis
Quamina
Farrier,
Francis
Quamina
Farrier,
Francis
Quamina
Guyana
Gaylanda
1966
Musical comedy
Guyana
Journey to
Freedom
1976
Department of Culture
Guyana
Manaka
Farrier,
Francis
Quamina
Farrier,
Guyana
Operation
Makanaima
Late
1950s?
Guyana
The Girl
1968
Barbados
Barbados
Guyana
Produced by National
Cultural Foundation
Barbados
Commun
-ity
College
Theatre
Arts
Dept.
Barbados
2002
1994
2006
Kickdust Productions
1963
One Act
Meyer
Levin
Performing Arts
School
New York
1971
1978
Radio
Selfpublished
UWI Extra
Mural
Georgetown
R
St
Augustine,
Trinidad
Broadcast and staged
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays 46
Surinam
F
Guyana
R
Serial
Francis
Quamina
Farrier,
Francis
Quamina
Farrier,
Francis
Quamina
Farrier,
Francis
Quamina
Farrier,
Francis
Quamina
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
From
Susanberg
The Plight
of the
Wright
The Slave
and the
Scroll
Tides of
Susanberg
Demerara
1966
1968
1964
1969
1966
Radio
Demerara
Guyana
Meyer
Levin
Performing
Arts
School
New York
Guyana
What You
Don’t Know
Could Kill
You
2008
Finn, Colin
Antigua
2010
Finn, Colin
Finn, Colin
Antigua
Antigua
Flax, Oliver
Antigua
Flax, Oliver
Antigua
Fonrose,
Veronica
Forde, A.N.
Trinidad
and Tobago
Barbados
Forde,
Hayden
Ford-Smith,
Honor
St Lucia
It’s Too
Late
Nine to Five
On the
Block
A Better
Way
The Legend
of Prince
Klaas
The Evil
Spirit
The Passing
Cloud
Silent Scars
Jamaica
Bellywoman
Bangarang
1978
Ford-Smith,
Honor
Jamaica
Just Jazz
2005
Ford-Smith,
Jamaica
My
One Act
Georgetown
R
1972
Serial (78 episodes)
Writer/Director of
Nazarene Drama Group
Nazarene Drama Group
Nazarene Drama Group
2009
2008
1976
One Act
Little
Theatre
Little
Theatre
Antigua
Antigua
Entered in CARIFESTA,
Guyana 1972
1966
1966
UWI, Extra
Mural
UWI, Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays, One-Act
Plays, 34
Caribbean Plays, One-Act
Plays, 15
Sistren
Theatre
Collective
Kingston
Jamaican by marriage
2010
Jamaica
School of
Drama
Theatre
Archipelago
Kingston
1978
Adaptation of Jean Rhys’
Let Them Call it Jazz
Toronto
1996
Sistren
Toronto
Adaptation of own
Honor
Foster,
Patrick
Barbados
French,
Stanley
St Lucia
French,
Stanley
French,
Stanley
French,
Stanley
St Lucia
French,
Stanley
St Lucia
French,
Stanley
Garvey,
Marcus
Garvey,
Marcus
St Lucia
Garvey,
Marcus
Jamaica
Garvey,
Marcus
Jamaica
George,
Linisa
Antigua
St Lucia
St Lucia
Jamaica
Jamaica
Mother’s
Last Dance
Stella and
the Devil’s
Kiss
Theatre
Collective
Central
Bank of
Barbados
(Frank
Collymore
Hall)
Ballad of a
Man and a
Dog
No Rain No
Play
The
Interview
The Light
and the
Dark
The Rape of
Fair Helen
1967
Under a Sky
of Incense
Roaming
Jamaicans
Slavery –
from Hut to
Mansion
The
Coronation
of an
African
King
Wine,
Women and
War
1977
collection of poems (1996)
Bridgetown
1967
1968
1962/
1966
1930
Common
-wealth
Institute
Hall
St Lucia
Performed by Lighthouse
Theatre Company in 2001
London
Performed at St Lucia Arts
Festival, 1966
Garvey’s plays were staged
but no scripts survive
1930
1930
1932
See ‘Women of Antigua’
Gibbons,
Rawle
Gibbons,
Rawle
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Ah Wanna
Fall
I Lawah
(The
Warrior
King)
Mano
1992
Trinidad
Gibbons,
Rawle
Gibbons,
Rawle
Gibbons,
Rawle
Gibbons,
Rawle
Gilkes,
Michael
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Guyana
Gilkes,
Michael
1986
London
and
Barbados
Shepherd
1981
Sing de
Chorus
Ten to One
1993
A Pleasant
Career
1992
Guyana
Antigone. A
Caribbean
Version
1999
Gilkes,
Michael
Guyana
Couvade: A
Dream of
Guyana
1972
Gilkes,
Michael
Gilkes,
Michael
Guyana
In Transit
1968
Guyana
The Last of
the Redmen
2006
Gilkes,
Michael
Gilkes,
Michael
Girdharry,
Arnold
Gloudon,
Barbara
Guyana
The Real
Thing
This Island
Now
Marriage for
Sale
Anansi
Come Back
1994
Guyana
Guyana
Jamaica
1999
Canboulay
Productions
Trinidad
1999
Trinidad
1999
Canboulay
Productions
Canboulay
Productions
Alexander
Street Press
Trinidad
In A Calypso Trilogy
1973
2003
Randolph
-Macon
Women’s
College
Theatre
Guild
Playhous
e
In A Calypso Trilogy
Alexandria,
VA
Lynchberg,
Virginia
Guyana
1974
Longman
Port of
Spain
Produced in Jamaica,
Kenya and London
Theatre Guild of Guyana
Folk
Research
Centre
Georgetown
One-man play
St Lucia/
Barbados
St Lucia
1996
1984
1993,
1995
In A Calypso Trilogy
Hackney
Empire
London
Geneva
Books
New
York
In Marriage for Sale: Three
One-Act Plays
Hackney production was
1995. Also performed in
Leeds. Gloudon was very
much involved in the
Jamaica pantomime
tradition
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Jamaica
Anansi Web
1997
Jamaica
Bugsie
1999
Jamaica
2001
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Jamaica
Chicken
Merry
Hawk Deh
Near
Fifty-50
Jamaica
Flash Trash
1986?,
2005?
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Jamaica
Ginneral B
1983
Jamaica
1972
Jamaica
Hail
Columbus
Howzzat
Jamaica
Iffa Nuh So
2004
Jamaica
Jack and the
Macca Tree
Johnny
Reggae
2000
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Jamaica
Man Deh
Yah
Miss Anansi
1991
Moonshine
Anancy
Nuff an’
Plenty
River
Mumma and
the Golden
Table
1969
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
1960
Half
Moon
Theatre
London
London production was
2005? Talawa Theatre
Company
2006
1978
Kingston/
Montego
Bay
2002
Kingston/
Toronto
Based on ‘The Witch’
Kingston
With Aston Clarke
2007
1986
Ward
Theatre
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Jamaica
Schoolers
1989
Jamaica
Schoolers 2
1995
Jamaica
The Pirate
Princess
1981
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Gloudon,
Barbara
Godfrey,
Glenn
Jamaica
The Witch
1975
Jamaica
Trash
1985
Jamaica
2005
Gonzalez,
Anson
Trinidad
and Tobago
Zu Zu
Macca
The
Sinner’s
Bossanova
The Rice
Mill
Graduate
Theatre
Company
Jamaica
Gray, George
Trinidad
and Tobago
Jamaica
Family
Name
The Seance
1966
Trinidad
and Tobago
Jamaica
Home on
the Hills
Fallen
Angel and
the Devil
Concubine
Once on this
1967
Greaves,
George
Griffith,
Reggie
Groundwork
Theatre
Company
Guy, Rosa
Belize
Trinidad
Based on the story of the
female pirates Mary Read
and Anne Bonny. There
was a production by Temba
Theatre Company at the
New Arts Theatre in
London
Based on the legend of
Rose Hall
1987
Cubola Productions
1970
UWI
Students
Guild
Collective; including
Cumper, Ford-Smith, Carol
Lawes, Lindsay, Chevannes
and Eugene Williams.
Evolved into Groundwork
Theatre Company (below)
2011
Selfpublished
UWI Extra
Mural
Selfpublished
Paul Issa
1990
Warner
1966
1988
1990-1
Broadwa
New York
Trinidad?
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Kingston
Caribbean Plays:One Act
Plays, 8
Script by members of
Groundwork. In Ford-Smith
(ed.) Three Jamaican Plays.
See Patricia Cumper
Her novel My Love, My
and Tobago
Island
Trinidad
and Tobago
Flag
Woman
2005
WACK
Hall, Tony
Trinidad
and Tobago
Jean and
Dinah
1994
Hall, Tony
Trinidad
and Tobago
Red House
[ Fire! Fire!]
1999
Hall, Tony
Trinidad
and Tobago
2004
Hall, Tony
Trinidad
and Tobago
Harris, Dahlia
Jamaica
Harris, Dahlia
Jamaica
Harris, Dahlia
Jamaica
The Brand
New Lucky
Diamond
Horseshoe
Club
Twilight
Café (The
Last
Breakfast)
Family
Affair
Hurricane
Lovers
Judgement
Harris,
Wilson
Guyana
1967
Harrison,
Stafford
Ashani
Hart, Lloyd
Jamaica
Crew from
Sparrow
Hill
Masqueraders
Hall, Dennis
Hall, Tony
Trinidad
and Tobago
Dorothy’s
Triumph
y
Brothers
San
Fernando,
Trinidad
Port of
Spain
2006
AuthorHouse
Planteurs
Cocktail
Lounge
and Art
Gallery
Under the St Ann’s,
Trees
Trinidad
Normand
ie
Indiana
State
University
2002
AuthorHouse
2004
AuthorHouse
2002
Central
Bank
Auditorium
Port of
Spain
2006
2010
Pantry
Playhous
e
CBC
New
Kingston
Bloomin
gton,
Indiana
Bloomin
gton,
Indiana
Bloomin
gton,
Indiana
R
Love adapted for the stage
as ‘Once on this island’, a
one act musical
See Errol Sitahal
In Twilight Café and Flag
Woman: Two Plays
Also in USA, Canada, UK.
Hall founded the Lordstreet
Theatre Company with
Errol Fabien
With Lordstreet Theatre
Company
Lordstreet Theatre
Company
1977
1966
AuthorHouse
Bloomin
gton,
Indiana
Also in Toronto. In Twilight
Café and Flag Woman:
Two Plays
R
Adapted from Palace of the
Peacock
Paul Issa
Jamaica
In Three Jamaican Plays
ed. Ford-Smith
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Also in USA, Canada, UK.
In Caribbean Plays: One
Act Plays 35
Heron, David
Jamaica
4Play
2005
Heron, David
Jamaica
Ecstasy
2004
Heron, David
Jamaica
2002
Heron, David
Jamaica
Love and
Marriage
and New
York City
Redemption
Hill, Andrew
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Bus the
Mark
Jack’s
Dilemma
Wild Cat
Strike
Broken
Melody
Dance
Bongo
Dilemma
Man Better
Man
1954,
1960
Trinidad
and Tobago
Oily
Portraits
(Brittle and
the City
Fathers)
1948
Hill, Andrew
Hill, Andrew
Hill, Errol
Hill, Errol
Hill, Errol
Hill, Errol
Hill, Errol
2007
Pantry
Playhous
e
Chatwick
Gardens
Conference
Centre
Paul
Robeson
Theatre
New
Kingston
Fairfield
Theatre
Montego
Bay,
Jamaica
Montego
Bay,
Jamaica
Off
Broadway,
New York
Produced in USA and UK
1965
1966
1962
1966
1965
1966
Yale
1964
Trinidad
1966
Selfpublished
Selfpublished
Selfpublished
UWI Extra
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
Dutton
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
New
York
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 19
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 28
1960 production was at
Yale. In J.Gassner (ed.)
Yale School of Drama
Presents. Also produced by
the Negro Ensemble, St
Marks Playhouse, New
York, 1969, and in the UK
Hill, Errol
Trinidad
and Tobago
Square Peg
1949,
1960
UWI
Hill, Errol
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Strictly
Matrimony
The PingPong
Weh-Weh
1959
Yale
1950
UWI
Hill, Errol
Trinidad
and Tobago
1964
Hill, Frank
Hillary,
Samuel
Jamaica
Jamaica
Whistling
Charlie and
the Monster
Upheaval
Chippy
Hillary,
Samuel
Jamaica
Departure in
the Dark
1960
Hillary,
Samuel
Hillary,
Samuel
Hinkson,
Anthony
Jamaica
1957
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Barbados
Geva
Charlotte
Koo-koo, or
Actor Boy
Children of
the
Moonlight
Game Fowl
1979
Barbados
God’s
Daughter
High Rise
Barbados
Idler’s Hall
Barbados
Jackpot
Hill, Errol
Hill, Errol
Hill, Errol
Jamaica
Barbados
Barbados
Connecticut
1967
Port of
Spain
1966
UWI Extra
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
1966
Eugene
O’Neill
Theatre
1939
1961
UWI Extra
Mural
1966
1957
What Price
a Slave
1966
R
1960 production was UWI.
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 26
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 1
BBC 1950. Caribbean
Plays: One Act Plays, 21
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 2
Connecticut
Trinidad
University
Dramatic
Society
Mona,
Jamaica
Kingston
Barn
Theatre
1966
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 32
By Repertory Players. Also
produced by Trinidad
Theatre Workshop, 1979
Kingston
1980
One act. Green Room
Theatre Company
1978
1982
Barbados
Pinelands Theatre
Workshop
Pinelands Creative
Workshop
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hinkson,
Anthony
Hippolyte,
Kendel
Barbados
Nigger Yard
Barbados
Rooster
Barbados
Barbados
Shut Shop
Poltics
Teacher
Teacher
The
Candidate
The Genesis
Barbados
Unchanged
1972
Barbados
Village Life
1988
St Lucia
DrumMaker
1976
1985
Heinemann
London
Hippolyte,
Kendel
St Lucia
1995
2000
Merriweather
Colorado
Springs,
Colorado
Hippolyte,
Kendel
St Lucia
The Song of
One or The
Journey of
Ti Marie
Triptych
Hollingsworth,
Roland,
Hopkinson,
Slade (Abdul
Rahman)
Guyana
83 Million
Gees
1997
Guyana
Fall of a
Chief
1965
Hopkinson,
Slade (Abdul
Rahman)
Hopkinson,
Slade (Abdul
Rahman)
Guyana
Scent of
Jasmines
1973
Guyana
Send Me No
Flowers
1966
Barbados
Barbados
1978
Barbados
1976
Barbados
Pinelands Theatre
Workshop
One act. Green Room
Theatre Company
Community Theatre
production
Pinelands Theatre
Workshop
1986
1980
2000
The
Lighthouse
Theatre
Tapion, St.
Lucia
Theatre
Guild
Playhous
e
TTTV
Guyana
In Keith Noel (ed.)
Caribbean Plays for
Playing
In Roger Ellis (ed.)
International Plays for
Young Audiences
Joined Walcott’s Trinidad
Theatre Workshop 1962.
Founded Caribbean Theatre
Guild 1970
TV
Hopkinson,
Slade (Abdul
Rahman)
Guyana
Spawning of
Eels
(rewritten as
Sala, 1975)
The Blood
of a Family
1968
Georgetown
Hopkinson,
Slade (Abdul
Rahman)
Hopkinson,
Slade (Abdul
Rahman)
Hosein,
F.E.M.
Hosein,
F.E.M.
Guyana
1957
Jamaica
Guyana
The Onliest
Fisherman
1967
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Green
Magic
Hyarima
and the
Saints
The Swine
and the
Pearl
The
Changing
Hand
Carmelita,
the Belle of
San Jose
Mura, the
Cacique’s
Daughter
No Seed
1976
Hyacinth,
Steve
Dominica
Imhoff, Janice Guyana
Inniss, Lewis
Trinidad
and Tobago
Inniss, Lewis
Trinidad
and Tobago
Isaac, D.
Gisele
Isaac, D.
Gisele
Antigua
Jackson,
Oliver
Jackson,
Owen
Trinidad
and Tobago
Antigua
Jackson,
Owen
Antigua
Antigua
1990
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
One Act. Caribbean Plays:
One Act Plays
1967
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays and Other
Publications 2
1967
Selfpublished
Marabella,
Trinidad
Roseau,
Dominica
2010
With Philbert Aaron and
Delmance Moses
2010
Selfpublished
Guyana?
R
1897
1898
2002
F
HAMA
The
Sweetest
Mango
Stepchild,
Stepchild
After 9/11
2001
F
HAMA
My
Birthright
2007
1969
2007
Cathedral
Cultural
Centre
Cathedral
Cultural
Centre
Trinidad
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
Antigua
National Youth Theatre
Company
Antigua
National Youth Theatre
Company
‘A Comedy
arranged
by…’
The Citizen
Nobleman
1879
1881
Theatre
Royal
Jamaica
Toussaint
L’Ouverture
(The Black
Jacobins)
No
Resolution
Oulaudah
Equiano
1936
Westminster
Theatre
London
1980
TTTV
Trinidad
James,
Antigua
George ‘Rick’
Jeffrey,
Guyana
Derrick
Our Country
2007
Stand Pipe
1970
John, Errol
Dawn
1963
John, Errol
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
Dispossesse
d
1967
Faber and
Faber
London
F
John, Errol
Trinidad
1967
F
Trinidad
London
F
In Three Screenplays
John, Errol
Trinidad
and Tobago
Moon on a
Rainbow
Shawl
1957
Faber and
Faber
Faber and
Faber
Faber and
Faber
London
John, Errol
Force
Majeure
Hasta Luego
One Act. Produced by
Guyana Dramatic Group of
New York
Season 1, Ep. 9 of First
Night (Series)
A number of filmscripts
1953-84. In Three
Screenplays
In Three Screenplays
John, Errol
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Teleclub
1954
The Exiles
1969
The Tout
1949
Jaeckel, Fr.
Xavier
Jamaica
Jaeckel, Fr.
Xavier
Jamaica
James, C.L.R.
Trinidad
and Tobago
James,
Trinidad
Cynthia
and Tobago
James,
Antigua
George ‘Rick’
John, Errol
John, Errol
Staged by Mary Villa High
School. Adapted from
Molière’s Le Bourgeois
Gentilhomme
With Paul Robeson. The
Stage Society
TV
Productions in UK and
abroad, including one-man
Equiano play
Theatre
Ensemble
Wingate
High
School
BBC TV
Antigua
Brooklyn,
New York
London
TV
1967
Royal
Court
Theatre
London
1958
Won The Observer’s award
for best new play of 1957.
Produced in Iceland,
Hungary, Argentina etc.
London
TV
BBC TV
London
TV
1966
UWI
Caribbean
Port of
Spain
BBC’s Wednesday Play
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 11
Plays
John, Ronald
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
A Pleasant
Journey
Dance Me
Lover
2010
John, Ronald
Trinidad
and Tobago
Irene’s Song
1998
John, Ronald
Trinidad
and Tobago
Miracle
2008
John, Ronald
Trinidad
and Tobago
Old Papa
Nezah
1980
John, Ronald
Trinidad
and Tobago
Playing
Hamlet
2008
John, Ronald
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
The Big
Masquerade
The Golden
Masquerade
The Silly
People
1991
Belmont,
Port of
Spain
Woodbroo
k Port of
Spain
Belmont,
Port of
Spain
Woodbroo
k Port of
Spain
Belmont,
Port of
Spain
Trinidad
2003
Surinam
Jones,
Carmen
Jones, Evan
Jamaica
Jones, Evan
Jamaica
Jones, Evan
Jamaica
Jones, Evan
Jamaica
Jones, Evan
Jamaica
Jones, Evan
Jamaica
The Longest
Way is Back
A Curious
Suicide
Gambling
Lady
Go Tell It
on Table
Mountain
In a
Backward
Country
Inherit the
Land
Madhouse
John, Ronald
John, Ronald
John, Ronald
Jamaica
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
2008
Little
Carib
Little
Carib
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
reading
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
reading
R
With Davlin Thomas.
Radio Trinidad 1979
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
reading
Also in New York 1998
With Davlin Thomas
2002
Little
Carib
Woodbrook Port
of Spain
1990
FR3
TV
Chillers
1979
TV
Dick Francis Thriller
1965
Yorkshire TV
BBCTV
TV
Thirty Minute Theatre.
Also Jamaican Theatre
Company 1970
1974
BBCTV
TV
1951
1963
BBCTV
TV
Little Theatre Movement of
Jamaica
Sunday Night Play (lost).
Jones, Evan
Jamaica
Jones, Evan
Jones, Evan
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jones, Evan
Jamaica
Joseph, E.L.
Trinidad
and Tobago
on Castle
Street
Old Man’s
Fancy
Rehearsal
The Man
Beyond The
Man with
the Power
The
Spectators
Martial Law
in Trinidad
Joseph, E.L.
Trinidad
and Tobago
Past and
Present
King , Hugh
Jamaica
Night Work
King, Hugh
Jamaica
King, Hugh
Jamaica
King, Hugh
King, Hugh
King, Hugh
King, Hugh
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
King, Hugh
Jamaica
King, Sheila
Guyana
Body
Moves
Greasy
Spoon
Hataclaps
Killer
Ramrod
The
Resurrection
of Jonathan
Digby
Undercover
Lover
Fo’ Bettin’
or Worse
Kirwan,
Jermilla
Kissoon,
Freddie
Antigua
Diablesse
Trinidad
and Tobago
A Promise
for
1965
BBCTV
TV
Armchair Theatre
1977
1976
BBCTV
BBC2
TV
TV
Centre Play
Playhouse
1962
Guildford
Theatre
Brunswick
Amateurs
Brunswick
Amateurs
Brixton
Village
Theatre
1832
1978
Surrey
Scottish resident
Scottish resident
London
Also 2002 Pantry
Playhouse, Kingston
TV/F
Channel 4, 1987
1982
1984
1977
Barn
Theatre
Jamaica
2004
Barn
Theatre
Theatre
Guild of
Guyana
Jamaica
1966
Guyana
One Act
2005
F
1969
Selfpublished
Diego
Martin,
HAMA. See Howard Allen
One Act. Founder of
Strolling Players Company
Christmas
Boss-man
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
1973
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Calabash
Alley
1973
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Common
Entrance
1970
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Crash
Workers
1973
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
1968
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Do Your
Homelesson
s Daddy
Doo-doo
1969
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
1969
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Fugitive
from the
Royal Gaol
Girls
Wanted
1969
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
God and
Uriah Butler
1957
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
He Died for
Us
1971
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
King Cobo
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Like Hog
Love Mud
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Louisa
Calderon
1972
1965
1967
1966
Harambe
e Open
Air
Theatre
Antigua
Selfpublished
1969
1992
Selfpublished
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin
Trinidad
One Act
R/TV
Often produced in
Caribbean; also in Canada
One Act
One Act
One Act. Often produced in
Caribbean; also in Canada
One Act
One Act
One Act
One Act
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Mamaguy
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Kissoon,
Freddie
Kissoon,
Freddie
St Ann’s
Psychiatric
Hospital
1978
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Produced by Strolling
Players 1961. One Act
Pahyol
1966
Selfpublished
One Act
1967
The
Bookshop
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Papa, Look
de Priest
Passing
Puddle of
Mud
The Miracle
Man
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
1975
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
We Crucify
Him
1967
Selfpublished
Kissoon,
Freddie
Trinidad
and Tobago
Zingay
1959
St Ann’s
Psychiatric
Hospital
1966
UWI Extra
Mural
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Diego
Martin,
Trinidad
Port of
Spain
Kizerman,
Rudolph
Knight,
Ginger
Knight,
Ginger
Barbados
Jamaica
Deportee
1995
Jamaica
Higglers
Queens
College
Blue
Mountain
Theatre
Knight,
Ginger
Knight,
Ginger
Knight,
Ginger
Jamaica
Knight,
Ginger
Labastide,
Jamaica
Part-Time
Lover
Room for
Rent
Underwriter
s
Undercover
Whiplash
1983
Paul Issa
Jamaica
Trinidad
Cousin
1967
UWI Extra
Port of
Jamaica
Jamaica
1959
One Act
Multi-venue Passion play
Produced by Strolling
Players, 1961. Staged thru’
Caribbean, in Canada,
USA, UK, Holland, Nigeria
etc. One Act
Several plays. No details
New York
Catford,
London
In Honor Ford-Smith (ed.)
Three Jamaican Plays
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Neville
and Tobago
Labastide,
Neville
Labastide,
Neville
Labastide,
Neville
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Labastide,
Neville
Labatt, Philip
Cohen
Trinidad
and Tobago
Jamaica
Lake, Edgar
Lake, Edgar
St Kitts
St Kitts
Lake, Edgar
St Kitts
Lake, Edgar
St Kitts
Lake, Edgar
St Kitts
Lake, Edgar
St Kitts
Lake, Edgar
St Kitts
Lake, Edgar
St Kitts
Lake, Edgar
St Kitts
Adriana
Coming
One for the
Road
Sans
Everything
Something
Old
Something
New
Voice of the
People
Next of Kin,
or Who is
the Heir!
Covers
Matters of
Antiguan
Conspiracy:
1736
On a
Winter’s
Day
Some Quiet
Mornin’
The HMS
Abercrombi
e
The
Incredible
Dream of
James
Alexander
The Killing
of Arthur
Sixteen
The Stone
Circle
The Tragedy
of Benoit
1978
1967
1967
1978
1855
2003
1979
2003
2003
2004
1979
2002
2004
Mural
Spain
Plays, 43
UWI Extra
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 31
Caribbean Plays: One-Act
Plays, 42
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 44
Selfpublished
De Cordova
Trinidad?
Kingston
One act. In Selections from
the Miscellane-ous
Posthumous Works of…
Lake, Edgar
St Kitts
Lannaman,
Gloria
Lannaman,
Gloria
Jamaica
Layne-Clark,
Jeanette
Barbados
Layne-Clark,
Jeanette
Layne-Clark,
Jeanette
Layne-Clark,
Jeanette
Layne-Clark,
Jeanette
Lee, Easton
Barbados
Lee, Easton
Jamaica
Lee, Easton
Jamaica
Lee, Easton
Lee, Easton
Jamaica
Jamaica
Lee, Easton
Jamaica
LeightonMills, Horace
Trinidad
and Tobago
Lindo, Archie
Jamaica
Jamaica
Barbados
Barbados
Barbados
Jamaica
Girard
The Trial of
Brother
Brentine
A Time to
Remember
Stanley,
Fay,
Pularchie &
P.
Champagne
for
Breakfast
Dumplings
in de Stew
Okras in de
Stew
Pampalam
Partners in
Profit
Born for the
Sea
On the
Third Day
Once in a
Manger
Paid in Full
The Rope
and the
Cross
They that
Mourn
Flora
2003
1970s
RJR
R
With Norman Rae. 590
episodes
Several productions since
1974
Voice of
Barbados
R
Also staged
1974
1993
1975
R
1977?
2007
R
1962-5
1965
1976
TV
Kingston
1966
Selfpublished
1944
Selfpublished
Mandeville,
Jamaica
In Anthology of
Poems…(Special collection
listing 2- national Archives
of Trinidad and Tobago)
In Bronze: short stories,
articles, a poem and a play.
Lindo also dramatized De
Lisser’s White Witch and
Mayne Reid’s The Maroon
Lindo, Archie
Jamaica
1942
Trinidad
and Tobago
Forbidden
Fruit
Under the
Skin
Joebell and
America
Lindo, Archie
Jamaica
Lovelace,
Earl
Lovelace,
Earl
Trinidad
and Tobago
Justina’s
Calypso
1978
UWI
Lovelace,
Earl
Trinidad
and Tobago
My Name is
Village
1976
Queen’s
Hall
Lovelace,
Earl
Lovelace,
Earl
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Pierrot
Ginnard
The Dragon
Can’t Dance
1977
1984
Queen’s
Hall
Eugene
O’Neill
Centre
Theatre
Lovelace,
Earl
Trinidad
and Tobago
1995
BBC
Lovelace,
Earl
Lovelace,
Earl
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
The
Gambler’s
Funeral
The New
Boss
The New
Hardware
Store
Lovelace,
Earl
Lovelace,
Earl
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
1989
Lovell,
Glenville
Lovell,
Barbados
The Reign
of Anancy
The Wine of
Astonishment
A Silver
Web
Going for
Barbados
1943
Ward
Theatre
Ward
Theatre
1999
1962
1980
1987
2008
Kingston
Kingston
Lopinot
Village,
Trinidad
St.
Augustine,
Trinidad
Port-ofSpain,
Trinidad
Trinidad
Waterford,
CT, USA
F/TV
1984
Heinemann
London
1984
Heinemann
London
Film written with Asha
Lawrence, shown on TV6
(Trinidad) 2004
In Justina’s Calypso and
Other Plays
In Justina’s Calypso and
Other Plays
Musical
1989
Methuen
London
In Black Plays vol.2 ed.
Yvonne Brewster. Adapted
from own eponymous
novel. Also performed in
Trinidad and Stratford East,
London
R
Rio Claro,
Trinidad
UWI
1984
Heinemann
London
In Justina’s Calypso and
Other Plays. Produced by
Talawa Theatre Co. at Arts
Theatre, London in 1985
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Adapted from his own
novel
Guyana
CARIFESTA X, Guyana
Glenville
Lovell,
Glenville
Barbados
Lovell,
Glenville
Barbados
Macdermot,
Thomas (Tom
Redcam)
Mais, Roger
Jamaica
Mais, Roger
Jamaica
Mais, Roger
Mais, Roger
Jamaica
Jamaica
Mais, Roger
Jamaica
Mais, Roger
Jamaica
Mandiela,
Ahdri Zhina
Mandiela,
Ahdri Zhina
Jamaica
Mandingo,
Iyeba
Antigua
Manley,
Carmen
Trinidad
and
Tobago?
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Maraj, Ralph
Maraj, Ralph
Jamaica
Jamaica
Love
Mango
Ripe!
Mango
Sweet!
When the
Eagle
Screams
San Gloria
2002
1920s?
Atlanta in
Calydon
George
William
Gordon
1950
Hurricane
Masks and
Paper Hats
The First
Sacrifice
The Potter’s
Field
Dark
Diaspora
No
Problems
Here
Self-Portrait
1943
1943
My
Brother’s
Keeper
Cynthia
Sweetness
The
Archbishop
and the
1972
Verse play about Columbus
1991
Toronto
1990
Toronto
1986
1976
UWI
1956
Focus
1950
Public
Opinion
Sister Vision
1992
Trinidad
In Errol Hill (ed.) A Time
and a Season: 8 Caribbean
Plays. (First published
1936?)
Toronto
Performed earlier in
Caribbean
Black Theatre Canada,
Montreal
R
One-man play developed
into unframed: A Man in
Progress
610 Radio. Trinidad
Theatre Workshop
Maraj, Ralph
Maraj, Ralph
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Prime
Minister
The Missing
File
There
Comes a
Freedom
Under the
Sapodilla
Tree
1982
1981
Maraj, Ralph
Trinidad
and Tobago
Markham,
E.A.
Montser-rat
Marriott,
Louis
Jamaica
A Pack of
Jokers
1979
Marriott,
Louis
Jamaica
Bedward (or
The
Shepherd)
1960
New York
Marriott,
Louis
Jamaica
Funny
Business
1992
New York
Marriott,
Louis
Jamaica
The
University
of Brixton
1970
BBC
London
Marson, Una
Jamaica
At What A
Price
1932
Ward
Theatre
Kingston
Marson, Una
Jamaica
1937
Marson, Una
Jamaica
London
Calling
Pocomania
Matura,
Mustapha
Matura,
Mustapha
Trinidad
A Dying
Business
A Small
World
1980
Trinidad
and Tobago
1980
1938
1994
Schimme
l Centre
for the
Arts
Had a play performed while
at University of Lampeter
(1962-65)
First recorded performance
though performed in WI
earlier. Musical
Pace
University,
NY
2012
Kingston
Arena
Stage
Washington DC
London
London
R
1937?
Ward
Theatre
Riverside
Oberon
1937?
First recorded performance
though played in WI earlier.
In Mixed Company , ed.
Yvonne Brewster
First recorded performance
though performed in WI
earlier. Musical
Commissioned by the BBC
to help British people
understand the Jamaican
language!
Became the first black
colonial play in the West
End in 1934. With Horace
Vaz
Written with the performer
Louise Bennett
Matura,
Mustapha
Matura,
Mustapha
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Another
Tuesday
As Time
Goes By
1978
ICA
London
1982
Methuen
London
1971
Traverse
Theatre
Edinburgh,
UK
1972
Calder&
Boyers
London
Matura,
Mustapha
Matura,
Mustapha
Matura,
Mustapha
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
1972
Almost
Free
ICA
London
1972
Calder&
Boyers
London
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Independence
1979
Royal
Court
Theatre
Upstairs
Young
Vic
Bush
Theatre
London
Matura,
Mustapha
Matura,
Mustapha
Bakerloo
Line
Black
Pieces
Black
Slaves,
White
Chains
Bread
London
1982
Methuen
London
Matura,
Mustapha
Trinidad
and Tobago
Meetings
1981
Phoenix
Theatre
New York
1982
Samuel
French
NY
Matura,
Mustapha
Trinidad
and Tobago
More, More
1978
ICA
London
Matura,
Mustapha
Matura,
Mustapha
Matura,
Mustapha
Matura,
Mustapha
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
My Enemy
1970
ICA
London
1972
London
Nice
1973
London
1980
London
With Rum an’ Coca Cola
and Welcome Home Jacko
One Rule
1981
Almost
Free
Riverside
Calder &
Boyers
Eyre
Methuen
Play Mas
1974
London
1982
Methuen
London
With Independence and
Meetings
Matura,
Mustapha
Trinidad
and Tobago
1984
Oxford,
UK
1988
Trinidad
and Tobago
London
1980
Broadway
Play
Publishing
Eyre
Methuen
New
York
Matura,
Mustapha
Playboy of
the West
Indies
Rum an’
Coca Cola
Royal
Court
Theatre
Oxford
Playhous
e
Royal
Court
Adapted TV version 1985.
Nominated for 4 Jefferson
Awards (Canada)
Published with Nice and
Welcome Home Jacko
1970
1975
1976
1976
London
Played with More, More
R
Trinidad radio. Performed
by Negro Ensemble 197778.
London
Foco Novo Theatre
Company. With Play Mas
and Meetings
Matura directed UK
premiere at the Hampstead
Theatre, 1982. Published
with Independence and
Play Mas
Played with Another
Tuesday (Black Theatre Coop)
London
London
Matura,
Mustapha
Matura,
Mustapha
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
The Coup
1991
The
Trinidad
Sisters
1988
Matura,
Mustapha
Trinidad
and Tobago
Welcome
Home Jacko
1979
Maxwell,
Marina
Omowale
Maxwell,
Marina
Omowale
McDonald,
Ian
Trinidad
and Tobago
Hounsi
Kanzo
Trinidad
and Tobago
Play Mas
Trinidad
and Tobago
The
Trumping
Man
McDonald,
Sabrena
McTair,
Roger
Jamaica
McTair,
Roger
Trinidad
and Tobago
McTair,Roger
Trinidad
and Tobago
Mohammed,
Paloma
Guyana
Mohammed,
Paloma
Mohammed,
Trinidad
and Tobago
Theatre
Cottesloe
, RNT
Donmar
Warehouse
Factory
London
1991
Methuen
London
London
London
1968
R
1980
Eyre
Methuen
London
1976
Selfpublished
Trinidad
1976
Selfpublished
Trinidad
Reworking titled Three
Sisters opened at
Birmingham Rep. 2006.
Radio version BBC World
Service 2001
Black Theatre Co-op.
Published with Nice and
Rum an’ Coca Cola
See Aston Cooke
One Flight
Up, Two
Flights
Down
The Chain
1974
Is the
Carnival
Over?
A Fair
Maid’s Tale
1972
Guyana
Anansi’s
Way
2005
Guyana
Benji
1992
1973
George-
1979
UWI Extra
Mural
St
Augustine,
Trinidad
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays
2004
Majority
Press
NY
2004
Majority
Press
NY
In Caribbean Mythology
and Modern Life : 5 One
Act Plays for Young People
In Caribbean Mythology
and Modern Life : 5 One
Act Plays for Young People
United Players
Paloma
Mohammed,
Paloma
Mohammed,
Paloma
Guyana
Darling
Boo Legge
Guyana
Chupacabra
Mohammed,
Paloma
Mohammed,
Paloma
Mohammed,
Paloma
Mohammed,
Paloma
Mohammed,
Paloma
Guyana
Jezabel
1990
Guyana
Jezabel 2
1991
Guyana
Mammy
1990
Guyana
Masquerade
in Black
Masscauraman
1989
Mohammed,
Paloma
Mohammed,
Paloma
Guyana
Reggae
Marley
Sukanti
1989
Montague,
Masani
Jamaica?
Canada?
Breakout
Montague,
Masani
Montague,
Masani
Montague,
Masani
Jamaica?
Canada ?
Jamaica?
Canada?
Jamaica?
Canada?
Danger to
the Public
Dread
Culture
Reasoning
with My
Sisters
Montague,
Masani
Jamaica?
Canada?
Soundclash
Montague,
Jamaica?
Up on
Guyana
Guyana
town
One Act
2004
Majority
Press
NY
In Caribbean Mythology
and Modern Life : 5 One
Act Plays for Young People
United Players
Georgetown
Georgetown
Georgetown
Georgetown
United Players
United Players
United Players
2004
Majority
Press
NY
In Caribbean Mythology
and Modern Life : 5 One
Act Plays for Young People
Musical. United Players
2004
Majority
Press
NY
In Caribbean Mythology
and Modern Life : 5 One
Act Plays for Young People
Second of trilogy based on
her novel Dread Culture.
We have not been able to
trace birthplace
Radio play
Georgetown
R
R
2001
2002
Jamaica
Canada
Association
Student
Centre,
York
University
Toronto
Toronto
R
Radio version of her novel
of the same name
Upfront Theatre, with
characters from Dread
Culture
Reggae musical, last part of
trilogy based on her novel
Dread Culture. Masani
Productions and Upfront
Theatre Foundation
First of trilogy based on her
Masani
Mordecai,
Pamela
Moses,
Delmance
Nanton,
Philip
Nanton, R.L.
Nanton,
Veronica
Newland,
Courtitia
Nicholas,
Floreta
Nichols,
Grace
Canada?
Jamaica
Eglinton
El Numero
Uno or the
Pig from
Lopinot
novel Dread Culture
2010
Lorraine
Kinsa
Theatre
for
Young
People
Toronto
See Steve Hyacinth
St Vincent
Trinidad
and Tobago
Anancy’s
Magic
Baucumar
the Carib
1987
Longman
London
1982
Ministry of
Education
Port of
Spain
With Veronica Nanton
See Philip Nanton
See Patricia Cumper
St Lucia
Guyana
Open
Balconies
Blood and
Wedding
2003
1957
Nobrega,
Cecile
Guyana
Stabroek
Fantasy
O’Marde,
Andrew
Antigua
O Lord,
Why Lord
O’Marde,
Andrew
Antigua
Tell it Like
it is
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
Antigua
Badplay
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
Antigua
Fire Go Bun
2010
1991
Queen’s
College
Auditorium
Harambe
e Open
Air
Theatre
Harambe
e Open
Air
Theatre
Antigua
University
Centre
Guyana/Caribbean version
of Lorca’s ‘Blood
Wedding’
Musical. Music by Hugh
Sam
Guyana
Antigua
R
For Family Planning Unit.
With Alwin Bully. Founded
1970s group Hamambee
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
Antigua
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
Antigua
O’Marde,
Dorbrene
Ogilvie, W.G.
Antigua
Ogilvie, W.G.
Jamaica
Peters,
Francis
Peters,
Francis
Peters,
Francis
Peters,
Francis
Peters,
Francis
Peters,
Francis
Grenada
Peters,
Francis
Grenada
Antigua
Antigua
Fly on the
Wall
For Real
1997
Antigua
Homecom ing
Jezebel
1955
Antigua
Star Bomber
1962
Antigua
Tangled
Web
The
Minister’s
Daughter
This World
Spin One
Way
We Nativity
Antigua
Jamaica
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
His English
Wife
One Sojer
Man
A Case of
Incest
A Knock at
Midnight
A New
Beginning
Belinda
Mayhem in
Paradise
My Sword,
My Heart,
My Life
Prison
without
Walls
1998
1945
People’s
Theatre
Jamaica
Early
1990s
1982
1987
Musical
1988
Peters,
Francis
Peters,
Francis
Peters,
Francis
Peters,
Francis
Grenada
Peters,
Francis
Grenada
Peters,
Francis
Grenada
Peters,
Francis
Philip,
Marlene
NourbeSe
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
Redemption
Time
Rivals in
Conflict
Sentenced
to Hang
Shattered
Expectation
s
Struggle
Marryshow
Folk
Theatre
St
George’s,
Grenada
1990
Trinidad
and Tobago
The Burial
of Miss
Faithlyn
Who is a
Servant?
Coups and
Calypsos
1996
Toronto
and
London
Philip,
Marlene
NourbeSe
Philip,
Marlene
NourbeSe
Trinidad
and Tobago
Harriet’s
Daughter
2000
Toronto
Trinidad
and Tobago
1993
Philip,
Maxwell
Phillips,
Caryl
Trinidad
and Tobago
St Kitts
The
Redemption
of Al
Bumen
Apadoca
1989
Phillips,
Caryl
Phillips,
Caryl
Phillips,
Caryl
St Kitts
All or
Nothing At
All
Playing
Away
Rough
Crossing
Strange
Fruit
St Kitts
St Kitts
1999
Playwrights
Union of
Canada
1994
Poui
Publications
Toronto
1860s
Based on eponymous novel
Tricycle
London
1986
2007
1980
Produced simultaneously in
Canada and UK by Cahoots
and Talawa Theatre
Companies respectively
Performed in workshop
form. Based on eponymous
novel
In Showing Grit:
Showboating North of the
44th Parallel
1989
1987
Birmingham Rep
Crucible
Birmingham
Sheffield
1980
Faber and
Faber
Oberon
Books
Amber Lane
London
London
Ambergate,
Headlong Theatre
St Kitts
The Shelter
1983
Phillips,
Caryl
St Kitts
1982
Pilgrim,
Frank
Pilgrim,
Frank
Pilgrim,
Frank
Guyana
Where
There is
Darkness
Miriamy
1964
One Act
1966
With Peter Anderson;
adaptation of John Gay’s
play.
Pinder,
Yvonne
Trinidad
and Tobago
Skeleton at
the Party
The
Threepenny
Opera
Some
People Will
Never Learn
Rising from
the Ashes
Popular
Theatre
Movement
Price, B.
Guyana
Guyana
Trinidad
and Tobago
Questel,
Victor
Radcliffe, the
Rev. John
Trinidad
and Tobago
Jamaica
Ragoobarsing
h, Richard
Trinidad
and Tobago
Ragoobarsing
h, Richard
Trinidad
and Tobago
The First
Anniversary
of the
Independence of
Trinidad
and Tobago
Two
Choices
Ye Opening
of Ye Ten
Seals
Lucky (or
Lotto
Madness or
Sex, Lies
and Money)
Mary Could
Dance
1962
Lyric,
Hammers
mith
Lyric,
Hammers
mith
TTTV
London
1984
Amber Lane
London
1982
Amber Lane
Derbys.
Oxford
Phillips,
Caryl
Ambergate,
Derbys.
Georgetown
TV
1973
Ministry of
Education
Port of
Spain
1988
Founded 1988
1964
Selfpublished
Port of
Spain
1975
1872
2000
Trinidad
1997/
2010
Trinidad
Kingston
Burlesque
2010 performed in Central
Bank Auditorium. National
Academy for the
Performing Arts
2008 performed in Queen’s
Hall, San Fernando,
Trinidad
Ragoobarsing
h, Richard
Trinidad
and Tobago
One Night
Stand
2002/
2008
Ragoobarsing
h, Richard
Trinidad
and Tobago
1988
Trinidad
Ragoobarsing
h, Richard
RamonFortune, Jose
RamonFortune, Jose
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
The
Breaking of
Lord Harris
The
Stranger
Honesty
Pays
The Rival
Suitors
2004
Trinidad
Ramraj,
Victor
Reckord,
Barry
Reckord,
Barry
Reckord,
Barry
Reckord,
Barry
Guyana
Reckord,
Barry
Jamaica
Reckord,
Barry
Jamaica
Reckord,
Barry
Reckord,
Barry
Reckord,
Barry
Reckord,
Jamaica
Jamaica
The Dead
Son
A Liberated
Woman
Adella
Attributed to RamonFortune in ‘Guide to the
Papers of Errol G. Hill
1880-2003’
See Sheila King
London
Also New York 1970
1954
Kingston
Staged as ‘Della’, Ward
Theatre, Kingston, 1953
Don’t Gas
the Blacks
Flesh to a
Tiger
1969
London
1958
Royal
Court
London
1973
Royal
Court,
Theatre
Upstairs
BBCTV
London
Jamaica
Give the
Gaffers
Time to
Love You
In the
Beautiful
Caribbean
Miss
Unusual
Skyvers
Royal
Court
London
Jamaica
Streetwise
1982
Jamaica
Sugar D
1988
The Barn
Kingston
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
1970
1972
Royal
Court
2010
Oberon
London
In Yvonne Brewster (ed.)
For the Reckord. Revised
version of ‘Della’
TV
1956
1963
2010
Oberon
London
In Yvonne Brewster (ed.)
For the Reckord
Barry
Reckord,
Barry
Reckord,
Barry
Jamaica
1985
Jamaica
The White
Witch
The White
Witch of
Rose Hall
Reckord,
Barry
Jamaica
X
1974
Reckord,
Barry
Jamaica
1960
Redhead,
Wilfred
Redhead,
Wilfred
Redhead,
Wilfred
Redhead,
Wilfred
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Grenada
You in Your
Small
Corner
Canaree and
Pop
Goose and
Gander
Hoist Your
Flag
Three comic
sketches
All in One
2002
Jamaica
Bellas Gate
Boy
Cinderella
Jamaica
Comic Strip
1973
Jamaica
Dear
Councillor
Everyman
1997
1989
Musical
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Jamaica
Family
Planning
Musical
It’s Not My
Fault Baby
Milk and
1967
Co-author
Grenada
Grenada
Grenada
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
1975
London
Creative
Arts
Centre,
UWI
Royal
Court,
Theatre
Upstairs
Royal
Court
2010
Oberon
London
In Yvonne Brewster (ed.)
For the Reckord
1979
UWI Extra
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 10
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 14
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 6
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 12
Mona,
Jamaica
London
London
1966
1966
1966
1991
Barn
Kingston
2002?
1969
Musical
1980
1988
F
Toronto Film Festival
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Jamaica
Honey
Music Boy
Genie Award Winner
1971
Old Story
Time
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Jamaica
One Love
Jamaica
1989
Jamaica
One Stop
Driver
Positive
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Jamaica
Schools Out
1975
Jamaica
Sleeper
Jamaica
Smile
Orange
1971
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhone,
Trevor
Rhys, Jean
Jamaica
The Gadget
1969
Jamaica
The Game
1985
Jamaica
1972
Jamaica
The Harder
They Come
The Power
Jamaica
The Web
Jamaica
Top Rankin
Jamaica
Roach, Eric
Trinidad
Two Can
play
Good
Morning
Midnight
Belle Fanto
Guyana
1979
Hotel
Normandie
St Ann’s,
Trinidad
Jamaica
1981
Longman
London
F
2010
London
New
Perspectives
1981
Longman
London
With Trinidad Theatre
Workshop. In Old-Time
Story and Other Plays.
Also Gusman Theatre,
Miami 1978
Cannes Film Festival
Favourite
In Old-Time Story and
Other Plays
Nottingha
m
Kingston
Talawa Theatre Company
1972
Little
Carib
Kingston
1981
1992
1972
Longman
F
Film based on play of same
name. Also O’Neill Theater
Center, 1972, New York
In Old-Time Story and
Other Plays
F
Co-authored with Perry
Henzell
London
BBC
Radio
Waterford,
CT, USA
F
1983
Arts
Theatre
London
1988
Longman
London
Negro Ensemble 1984-85
Radio version of
eponymous novel (1939)
1966
Basement
Port of
1967
UWI Extra
Port of
Trinidad Theatre
and Tobago
Roach, Eric
Trinidad
and Tobago
Calabash of
Blood
Roach, Eric
Trinidad
and Tobago
Roach, Eric
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Dancers in
the
Doorway
Letter From
Leonora
Obeah
Roberts,
Arthur
Roberts,
Arthur
Roberts,
Arthur
Roberts,
Arthur
Robinson,
Carey
Rodriguez,
Christopher
Rodriguez,
Christopher
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Jamaica
Rodriguez,
Christopher
Romance
Without
Sanitation
That
Hospital
War Gossip
Spain
610
Radio
Port of
Spain
Mural
Spain
1971
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
1973
Selfpublished
Port of
Spain
1966
UWI Extra
Mural.
Port of
Spain
In Caribbean Play: One
Act Plays, 33
n.d.
UWI Extra
Mural
Mona,
Jamaica
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays
2005
Oberon
London
Musical. Talawa Theatre
Company. In Oberon
Modern Plays
R
Workshop. In Caribbean
Plays and Other
Publications 2
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
1972. In Caribbean Plays
and Other Publications 1
1830s/
1840s
1830s/
1840s
1830s/
1840s
1830s/
1840s
The
Runaway
Clear Water
2000
Equiano
2001
Trinidad
and Tobago
High Heel
Parrot Fish
2005
Rodriguez,
Christopher
Trinidad
and Tobago
Independence Day
1998
Rodriguez,
Christopher
Trinidad
and Tobago
Itsy Bitsy
Spider
2002
Rogers, De
Wilton
Rogers, De
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
Blue Blood
and Black
Silk Cotton
1936
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Theatre
1942
Barbican
Pit
Oval
House
Theatre
Theatre
Royal
Oval
House
Theatre
Southbank
Centre
London
London
Stratford
East,
London
London
London
Musical. Talawa Theatre
Company
Wilton
Rogers, De
Wilton
Russell-King,
Caroline
Sadeek, Sheik
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Sadeek, Sheik
Sadeek, Sheik
Guyana
Guyana
Sadeek, Sheik
Guyana
Sadeek, Sheik
Guyana
Sadeek, Sheik
Grove
Trinidad
1937
See Patrick Brown
Guyana
Anmol
Bandan
Asra
Black Bush
F
1966
1945
1967
Bound
Coolie
Fish Koker
1958
1954
Guyana
Goodbye
Corentyne
Sadeek, Sheik
Guyana
Sadeek, Sheik
Guyana
Sadeek, Sheik
Guyana
Sadeek, Sheik
Selfpublished
Georgetown,
Guyana
1966
Selfpublished
Georgetown,
Guyana
1965
1974
Selfpublished
Namaste
1960
1965
Noble
Georgetown,
Guyana
Georgetown,
Guyana
No Greater
Day
Porkknockers
1965
1962
1958
Selfpublished
Guyana
Savannah’s
Edge
1968
1968
Selfpublished
Sadeek, Sheik
Guyana
Song of the
Sugarcanes
1975
Selfpublished
Sadeek, Sheik
Guyana
The Gap
and The Gift
1976
Selfpublished
Samaroo,
Daniel
Trinidad
and Tobago
Taxi Mister
1966
1972
Georgetown
Dramatic
Club
610
Radio
Guyana
Port of
Spain
R
See Balgobin
Won ‘British Guiana
Theatre Guild Prize’ 1967,
under original title The
Settlers
Won ‘British Guiana
Theatre Guild Prize’ 1960
Georgetown,
Guyana
Georgetown,
Guyana
Georgetown,
Guyana
Georgetown,
Guyana
One Act
2 sketches, in one vol.
R
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
A Woman’s
Vengeance:
The Happy
Hypocrites
Caged
1967
1950?
Jamaica
An echo in
the bone
Cold
Equation
Dog
Scott, Dennis
Scott, Dennis
Jamaica
Jamaica
Ritual
Terminus
Scott, Dennis
Jamaica
1970
Scott, Dennis
Jamaica
Sealy,
Clifford
Sealy,
Clifford
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
The Crime
of Annabel
Campbell
The Fantasy
of Sir
Gawain and
the Green
Knight
A Smell of
Damp
The
Professor
Sealy,
Godfrey
Trinidad
and Tobago
Home
Sweet
Home
1991
Sealy,
Godfrey
Sealy,
Godfrey
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Lovin’
1985
2005
Sealy,
Godfrey
Trinidad
and Tobago
One of Our
Sons is
Missing
Roll Call
Sancho,
T.Anson
Guyana
Scott, Denis
Jamaica
Scott, Dennis
Jamaica
Scott, Dennis
Jamaica
Scott, Dennis
1962
?Selfpublished
Little
Carib
Port of
Spain
Jamaica
1967
In Spectacles for Drama
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
1988
Longman
London
In Plays for Today, ed.
Errol Hill
1974
2005
Macmillan
London
Black Theatre Season. In
Champions of the Gayelle,
ed. Judy Stone
1962
1966
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 38
1978
Anchorage
Plays Press
Inc.
Louisville,
Kentucky,
USA
Trinidad Theatre
Workshop. Commissioned
by the O’Neill Center for
the National Theater of the
Deaf
One Act
1963
Selfpublished
Port of
Spain
One Act
1959
1977
1983
1967
1989
Strolling
Players
Company
of
Players
Central
Bank
Auditorium
San
Francisco
Port of
Spain
One Act
Musical
2005
Macmillan
London
In Champions of the
Gayelle, ed. Judy Stone
Sealy,
Godfrey
Selvon, Sam
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Yes We Can
1983
Basement
Lullaby
1958
BBC
Radio
Selvon, Sam
Trinidad
and Tobago
1969
BBC
Radio
1988
Peepal Tree
Press
Selvon, Sam
Trinidad
and Tobago
Cap
Captures a
Bird (Part 5)
Eldorado
West One
(Part 1)
1969
BBC
Radio
1988
Selvon, Sam
Trinidad
and Tobago
Harris
Springs a
Fete (Part 4)
1969
BBC
Radio
Selvon, Sam
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Highway in
the Sun
Home
Sweet India
Milk in the
Coffee
Moses
Books a
Passage
(Part 7)
Moses
Gears for
the
Tropics(Part
2)
Moses Risks
an
Investment
1970s
BBC
Radio
BBC
Radio
BBC
Radio
BBC
Radio
Selvon, Sam
Selvon, Sam
Selvon, Sam
Selvon, Sam
Trinidad
and Tobago
Selvon, Sam
Trinidad
and Tobago
1970s
1975
1969
R
From a story in Selvon’s
Ways of Sunlight. Trinidad
Theatre Workshop
Leeds
R
In El Dorado West One
Peepal Tree
Press
Leeds
R
1988
Peepal Tree
Press
Leeds
R
The volume El Dorado
West One consists of seven
linked one act plays for
radio which dramatise
characters from Selvon’s
novels The Lonely
Londoners and Moses
Ascending
In El Dorado West One
1991
Peepal Tree
Press
Peepal Tree
Press
Leeds
R
Leeds
R
1991
London
In Highway in the Sun and
Other Plays.
In Highway in the Sun and
Other Plays
R
1988
Peepal Tree
Press
Leeds
R
In El Dorado West One
1969
BBC
Radio
1988
Peepal Tree
Press
Leeds
R
In El Dorado West One
1969
BBC
Radio
1988
Peepal Tree
Press
Leeds
R
In El Dorado West One
Selvon, Sam
Selvon, Sam
Selvon, Sam
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Selvon, Sam
Trinidad
and Tobago
Selvon, Sam
Trinidad
and Tobago
Jamaica
Shanahan,
Charles
(Part3)
Pressure
1978
Switch
1977
Tanty Has a
Housing
Problem
(Part 6)
The Harvest
in
Wilderness
Turn Again
Tiger
The
Mysteries of
Vegetarianism
The Spanish
Warrior
1969
Royal
Court
BBC
Radio
F
Written with Horace Ove
London
1988
Peepal Tree
Press
Leeds
R
In El Dorado West One
1970s
BBC
Radio
1991
Peepal Tree
Press
Leeds
R
In Highway in the Sun and
Other Plays
1970s
BBC
Radio
1991
Peepal Tree
Press
Leeds
R
In Highway in the Sun and
Other Plays
Performed but no surviving
script
1853
Shanahan,
Charles
Short, Ron
Simon,
Eustace
Jamaica
1853
Antigua
Betty’s
Hope
Simon,
Eustace
Antigua
Crossroads
Simon,
Eustace
Antigua
Illusive
Dreams
Simon,
Eustace
Antigua
The
Awakening
Simon, Lester
Antigua
Obeah Slave
1969
Singh, Pritha
Guyana
Women of
the
Mahabarata
2001
Singh,
Guyana
A White
Performed but no surviving
script
See Derek Walcott
Written and directed for the
Modern Theatre Group,
Antigua
Written and directed for the
Modern Theatre Group,
Antigua
Written and directed for the
Modern Theatre Group,
Antigua
Written and directed for the
Modern Theatre Group,
Antigua
Produced by The
Grammarians, Antigua
Rajkumari
Cultural
Center
Guyana
Rajkumari
Singh,
Rajkumari
Singh,
Rajkumari
Singh,
Rajkumari
Singh,
Rajkumari
Singh,
Rajkumari
Singh, Sharda
Shakti
Guyana
Sistren
Theatre
Collective
Sistren
Theatre
Collective
Sistren
Theatre
Collective
Sistren
Theatre
Collective
Sitahal, Errol
Sitahal, Errol
Sitahal, Errol
Sitahal, Errol
Smith,
Ricardo
Spraggs, John
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Guyana
Camillia
and a Blue
Star
Bohemian
Interlude
Gitangali
Hoofbeats at
Midnight
Roraima
1966
The Sound
of her Bells
Becoming
Her
1970
Jamaica
Bellywomen
Bangarang
1978
Jamaica
Muffet Ina
All a We
1985
Jamaica
Nana Yah
1980
Jamaica
QPH
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Guyana
A Wreath of
Thorns
Jahaaji
Guyana
Jamaica
2009
R
Guyana
Rajkumari
Cultural
Center
Guyana
2001
Barnes and
Noble
New
Jersey
In The Caribbean Writer
(Contemporary Drama of
the Caribbean) 2001
New York
Monster
March
Seashango
1987
With Dennis Hall
Guyana
Legend
Malcolm
1966
Musical
1880
MS in Jamaica National
Duff
and Alonzo,
or The
Secret
Murder of
Leonard
A Brighter
Sun
Anansi,
Anansi,
Anansi
Minty Alley
1985
The Trial
1979
Drought
1969?
Passport to
Heaven
Time Bomb
1950
Empire
Barbados
Musical
1977
University
Centre
Antigua
Co-founder/Artistic
Director of Third World
Theatre Group, 1970s
Antigua
Voices of
Protest
1976
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Old Papa
Nezah
The Golden
Masquerade
Franny
1980
Springer,
Pearl
Springer,
Pearl
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Springer,
Pearl
Springer,
Pearl
Street, F.L.
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Stuart, Joyce
Guyana
Symester,
Lyon (aka
Chaka
Wacca)
Symester,
Lyon(aka
Chaka
Wacca)
Thomas,
Davlin
Thomas,
Davlin
Thompson,
Tony
Tidd, Linton
Antigua
Trinidad
and Tobago
Small
Matters
Tipling,
Carmen
Jamaica
Arawak
Gold
Library
Adapted from Sam
Selvon’s novel of that name
1989
Birmingham
1977
Adapted from C.L.R.
James’ novel of that name
One act
UWI Extra
Mural
One act. In Caribbean
Plays: One Act Plays
Third World Theatre Group
Little
Carib
2004
Port of
Spain
Surinam
1966
1992
St
Augustine,
Trinidad
Cochrane
Theatre
London
UWI Extra
Mural
St
Augustine,
Trinidad
R
With Ronald John. Radio
Trinidad, 1979
With Ronald John
R
Also stage play
In Caribbean Plays: One
Act Plays, 13
Talawa production. Written
with Ted Dwyer
Tipling,
Carmen
Jamaica
Jamaica
During
Lunch They
Had the
Revolution
Port Royal
Ho!
Stowaway
Tipling,
Carmen
Tipling,
Carmen
Tipling,
Carmen
Tipling,
Carmen
Jamaica
Van Sertima,
Sheila
Vaz, Horace
Waite-Smith,
Cicely
(Howard/
Howland)
Waite-Smith,
Cicely
(Howard/
Howland)
Waite-Smith,
Cicely
(Howard/
Howland)
Waite-Smith,
Cicely
(Howard/
Howland)
Guyana
Jamaica
Straightman
1974
The Barn
Kingston
Jamaica
The
Skeleton
Inside
It’s
Brickdam
1976
The Barn
Kingston
Waite-Smith,
Cicely
(Howard/
Howland)
Waite-Smith,
Cicely
(Howard/
Jamaica
Jamaica
Africa
Sling-shot
1979
Longman
London
One act. In Errol Hill (ed.)
Three Caribbean Plays
1986
With Ted Dwyer. Musical
1972?
One act
1939
1957
Jamaica
Return to
Paradise
Jamaica
Sleepy
Valley
1952
Jamaica
The
Creatures
1954
Jamaica
The
Impossible
Situation
1957
Jamaica
The
Ravishers
1958
In Kyk-overal
Ward
Kingston
Jamaica
Ward
Theatre
Kingston
1966
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
See Una Marson
As Howard. In Caribbean
Plays: One Act Plays, 25
1966
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 37
1966
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
1966
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays, One Act
Plays, 24. Also published
in Mixed Company, ed.
Yvonne Brewster (Oberon,
London, 2012)
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 36
Howland)
Waite-Smith,
Cicely
(Howard/
Howland)
Waitukubuli
Dance
Theatre
Company
Waitukubuli
Dance
Theatre
Company
Waitukubuli
Dance
Theatre
Company
Waitukubuli
Dance
Theatre
Company
Walcott,
Derek
Jamaica
Uncle
Robert
1958
Ward
Theatre
Kingston
Dominica
Kabuki
1977
Dominica
Papa
Toussaint
1978
Dominica
The Power
and the
Glory
1987
Dominica
The
Resurrection
1986
St. Lucia
A Branch of
the Blue
Nile
Batai
1983
Stage
One
Barbados
1965
Savannah
Little
Carib
Theatre
Port-ofSpain
Port of
Spain
1986
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
New
York
In Three Plays
1986
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
New
York
In Three Plays
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
Beef, No
Chicken
1981
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
St Lucia
Crossroads
1954
St Lucia
Cry For a
Leader
Dream on
Monkey
Mountain
1950
1967
Central
Library
Theatre
Toronto
1970
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
New
York
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Drums and
Colours
1958
Royal
Botanical
Gardens
Port of
Spain
1961
UWI Extra
Mural Dept.
Mona,
Jamaica
St Lucia
Written with Ron Short
In Dream on Monkey
Mountain and Other Plays.
Also produced Negro
Ensemble 1968-69
In Caribbean Quarterly,
vol. 7, nos. 1 and 2
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Franklin: A
Tale Of the
Islands
Harry
Dernier
Henri
Christophe
In a Fine
Castle
1969
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Ione
1957
St. Lucia
Jourmard;
or, A
Comedy Till
The Last
Minute
Malcochon;
or, The Six
in the Rain
Marie
Laveau
1967
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
O Babylon!
1976
St. Lucia
Pantomime
1978
St. Lucia
Paolo and
Francesca
Remembrance
1951
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Robin and
Andrea
Six in the
Rain
1950
Walcott,
St. Lucia
Steel
1991
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
Georgetown
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
production 1973, Bishop
Anstey Auditorium
1952
1950
1970
2002
Pan
Macmillan
South
Africa
St Lucia Arts Guild. In The
Haitian Trilogy
1957
UWI Extra
Mural
Mona,
Jamaica
Caribbean Plays and Other
Publications 8
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
St. Lucia
1970
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
New
York
College
of the
Virgin
Islands
Little
Carib
Little
Carib
St. Thomas
1979
In Dream on Monkey
Mountain and Other Plays.
St Lucia Arts Guild
Excerpts in Trinidad and
Tobago Review
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
1978
Dorsch
Center
St. Croix,
U.S.
Virgin
Islands
1980
Royal
Court
Theatre
London
Creative
Arts
Centre
Kingston
Guild
Hall,
UWI
1959
1979
1977
1960
Mona,
Jamaica
St.
Augustine,
Trinidad
1980
Tunapuna,
Trinidad
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
New
York
New
York
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
New
York
In Remembrance and
Pantomime
Double bill with The Sea at
Dauphin, produced by New
Day Theatre Company
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
St Lucia
St Lucia
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
The
Capeman
The
Charlatan
1998
The Golden
Lions
The Haytian
Earth
1956
The Isle Is
Full of
Noises
The Joker of
Seville
The Last
Carnival
1982
The Life
and Times
of J. Walter
Smintheus
The
Odyssey
1954
1984
1974
1982
1992
The Price of
Mercy
The Sea at
Dauphin
1951
The Wine of
the Country
Three
Assassins
Ti-Jean and
1956
1954
Marquis
Theatre
New
Theatre
for Now,
Mark
Taper
Forum
Morne
Fortune
Theatre
New York
1997
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
New
York
Musical. Music by Paul
Simon
2002
Pan
Macmillan
South
Africa
In The Haitian Trilogy
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
New
York
New
York
Also Negro Ensemble
1980-81
In Three Plays
Los
Angeles
Mona,
Jamaica
Castries,
St. Lucia
Hartford,
CT, USA
Little
Carib
Government
Training
College
Port of
Spain
Port of
Spain
1978
The
Other
Place
Stratford,
UK
1993
Faber and
Faber
London
White
Hall
Players
Trinidad
1970
Farrar, Straus
and Giroux
New
York
In Dream on Monkey
Mountain and Other Plays
1970
Farrar, Straus
New
In Dream on Monkey
1986
Mona,
Jamaica
1951
1958
Little
Port of
Derek
His Brothers
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Derek
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Carib
Theatre
To Die For
Grenada
Viva Detroit
1986
St. Lucia
A Flight of
Sparrows
1959
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Banjo Man
1986
Walcott,
Roderick
Walcott,
Roderick
Walcott,
Roderick
St Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
Walcott,
Roderick
Walcott,
Roderick
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Cassian and
Capricorn
Chanson
Marianne
Columbus
and
Guarionex
Conte
Cassian or
The Creole
Drummer
Boy
Cul-de-Sac
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
Field of
Honour
Let them
call it Jazz
Malfinis; or,
The Heart of
a Child
Papa Diable
or the Devil
at Christmas
Poucette or
The Devil
with Love
1992
Tricycle
Theatre
St. Lucia
Arts
Guild
St. Lucia
National
Theatre
Spain
York
Mountain and Other Plays
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
In Caribbean Plays: One
Act Plays, 27. Also in Ian
Randle, The Benjy Trilogy
(Kingston, 2000)
Musical
Cleveland,
Ohio
London
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
1974
1962
and Giroux
1961
Musical
St. Lucia
Arts
Guild
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
Walcott,
Roderick
St. Lucia
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
Romiel et
Juliette
Shrove
Tuesday
March
The
Education
of Alfie
The
Expatriates
The Guitar
Man’s Song
The
Harrowing
of Benjy
The Image
of Canga
Brown
The OneEye is King
The
Prowess of
Ti-Jean
The Trouble
with Albino
Joe
The
Wonderful
World of
Brother
Edgar
Rabbit
Baba and
the Tree of
Life
Black
1979
1956
1964
1963
Musical
St. Lucia
Arts
Guild
St. Lucia
Arts
Guild
St. Lucia
Arts
Guild
St. Lucia
1966
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
St. Lucia
Caribbean Plays: One Act
Plays, 39
In Ian Randle, The Benjy
Trilogy (Kingston, 2000)
St. Lucia
Musical
1956
St. Lucia
Arts
Guild
St. Lucia
1956
St. Lucia
Arts
Guild
St. Lucia
1959
St. Lucia
Arts
Guild
St. Lucia
2008
Café La
MaMa
New York
1968
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
In Caribbean Plays: One
Act Plays, 4. Also in Ian
Randle, The Benjy Trilogy
(Kingston, 2000)
1966
UWI Extra
Mural
Port of
Spain
Caribbean Plays :One Act
Plays, 40
Reading
1971
Marlow
New
York
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
Jamaica
Count It All
Joy
Dija
Fun in
Lethe; or,
The Feast of
Misrule
Ghosts:
Live from
Galilee The
Scottsboro
Boys
I Marcus
Garvey
Lament for
Rastafari
1970
New York
1970
Morrow
New
York
In Underground
1987
Barbados
2011
New York
1983
New
York
London
In Black Heroes
Jamaica
Like Them
that Dream
1983
Billie
Holiday
Theatre
Little
Carib
Applause
Books
Boyars
1983
Boyars
London
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
1970
2001
Café La
MaMa
New York
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
Little
Orfeo’s Lay
Live from
Galilee
Marion
Anderson:
The Lady
From
Philadelphia
Masada
Woodbroo
k, Port of
Spain
Waterford,
CT
New York
1979
London
1987
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
Moon
Dance Night
Ode to
Charlie
Parker
Offering for
Nightworld
Royal
Court
Talawa
Theatre
Studio
Rivbea
Brooklyn
Academy
of Music,
New York
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
1971
1992
1973
1973
UK
New York
In Lament for Rastafari and
Other Plays. Yardbird
Theatre Company
In Lament for Rastafari and
Other Plays. Produced by
Negro Ensemble 1986-87
With Walter Jones and
Norma Jean Derden
Black
Theatre
Alliance
Festival
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
Redemption
Song
1984
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
Rihla
2004
Jamaica
Ritual
1985
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
1983
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
Ritual by
Water
Seigismundo’s
Tricycle: A
Dialogue of
Self and
Soul
Song of
Genji
The Black
Women
The Boot
Dance
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
1970
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
Jamaica
The
Burghers of
Calais
The
Cathedral of
Chartres
The
Crucificado
The Defense
The Figures
at Chartres
The Life
1969
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
1985
Café La
MaMa
Donmar
Warehouse
Eugene
O’Neill
Theater
Center
1999
Café La
MaMa
1984
Tricycle
Theatre
1976
1971
NFT
In Redemption Song and
Other Plays. Black Theatre
Group
London
Black Theatre Co-op
1984
Methuen
Drama
London
New York
Reading
1978
Keskidee
London
London
1985
Boyars
London
New York
1970
Morrow
New
York
1968
Liberator
vol.8, July
1968
Morrow
1969
1972
London
New York
London
1969
Boyars
New York
1972
New York
1972
In Scripts
vol.1, no.10
1972
Morrow
In Redemption Song and
Other Plays. Temba
Company
In Underground
Vinette Carroll’s Urban
Arts Corp.
New
York
F
New York
Theatre
New York
New
In The Crucificado
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Jamaica
White, Edgar
(Nkosi)
Wilkinson,
Efebo
Wilkinson,
Efebo
Wilkinson,
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Times
of J.Walter
Smintheus
The
Mummer’s
Play
De Lys
1965
The Nine
Night
The
Pygmies
and the
Pyramid
The
Rastafarian
The Song of
Genji
The
Wonderful
Year
Transformations: A
Church
Ritual
Tres Cepas
1982
Trinity: The
Long and
Cheerful
Road to
Slavery
When Night
Comes Day
Bitter
Cassava
Capital
Death
De Bocas is
1982
New
York
Shakespeare
Festival
Theatre
Bush
1976
1971
1984
1977
1982
New York
1970
Morrow
New
York
In Underground
London
1984
Methuen
London
By the Black Theatre Coop
Yardbird Theatre Co.
1972
In Scripts
vol.1, no.10
1970
Morrow
New
York
In Underground
1983
Boyars
London
In Redemption Song and
Other Plays. Black Theatre
Co-op
New York
Public
Theatre
1992
1987
York
New York
New York
Café La
MaMa
Riverside
New York
London
Los
Angeles
Musical. Mausica Folk
Theatre
Efebo
Wilkinson,
Efebo
Wilkinson,
Efebo
Wilkinson,
Efebo
Williams,
Cecil A.
Williams,
Cecil A.
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
Trinidad
and Tobago
St. Vincent
Williams,
Cecil A.
St. Vincent
Williams,
Cecil A.
Williams,
Cecil A.
St. Vincent
Mih Bond
Is Who Kill
Cock Robin
Same Khaki
Pants
To Confirm
St. Peter
Drawing
Room
I Don’t
Want to
Bathe
The
Bedroom is
Not For
Sleeping
The Critics
St. Vincent
War
Women of
Antigua
Antigua
When a
Woman
Moans
2009
Wynter,
Sylvia
Wynter,
Sylvia
Jamaica
Ballad for a
Revolution
Maskarade
1969
Wynter,
Sylvia
Jamaica
Miracle in
Lime Lane
Wynter,
Sylvia
Wynter,
Sylvia
Jamaica
S-h-h-- It’s
a Wedding
The Big
Pride
St. Vincent
Jamaica
Jamaica
1981
1980
1973
1973;
revised
and
expanded 1979
1962
In The Caribbean Writer
(Contemporary Drama of
the Caribbean) 2001
Compiled by a collective
and consisting of
monologues by Linisa
George and others
2012
Spanish
Town
Folk
Theatre
Jamaica
ITV
London
Oberon
London
In Mixed Company, ed.
Yvonne Brewster. With Jan
Carew?
With Jan Carew
1963
1961
TV
Drama ’61, written with
Jan Carew
Wynter,
Sylvia
Jamaica
Under the
Sun
Wynter,
Sylvia
Jamaica
Yerma
Yet Ming,
Clive
Trinidad
and Tobago
An Echo of
Dreams
1958
R
BBC
Radio
and
BBCTV
London
R and
TV
1965
Selfpublished
Radio version broadcast in
UK, USA, Denmark,
Canada and Jamaica
Reworking of Lorca’s play;
set in W.I.
Port of
Spain
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