MUSTAPHA   MATURA

DATE OF BIRTH: December 17, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH: Belmont, Trinidad
EDUCATION:
  • Belmont Intermediate RC School
  • CAREER:                                 Matura left Trinidad for England by ship in 1962 and, after a year working as a hospital porter, he and fellow Trinidadian Horace Ové went to Rome where he worked on stage productions. Matura thereafter decided to write plays about the West Indian experience in London. Matura changed his name from Noel Mathura to Mustapha Matura when he became a writer. Matura's publications included:
    • 1972 - As Time Goes by (Playscripts)
    • 1980 - Nice, Rum an' Coca Cola (A Methuen New Theatre Script)
    • 1982 - Meetings
    • 1982 - Play Mas, Independence, Meetings (New Theatre Script)
    • 1990 - Moon Jump, with Jane Gifford
    • 1991 - The Coup
    • 1992 - As Time Goes by", "Nice", "Play Mas", "Independence", "Welcome Home Jacko" and "Meetings": Six Plays
    • 2006 - Three Sisters
    • 2009 - The Playboy of the West Indies
    • 2010 - Playboy of the West Indies
    • 2011 - The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers: Welcome Home Jacko, Chiaroscuro,...
    • 2015 - Play Mas (Modern Plays)
    AWARDS:
    • 1971 - The George Devine Award
    • 1971 - The John Whiting Award
    • 1974 - The Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award
    • 1991 - Trinidad National Award - The Scarlet Ibis Gold
    • 1994 - The Helen Hayes Award
    Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit