About: Mustapha Matura

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dbo:abstract	Mustapha Matura (17 December 1939 – 29 October 2019) was a Trinidadian playwright living in London. Characterised by critic Michael Billington as "a pioneering black playwright who opened the doors for his successors", Matura was the first British-based dramatist of colour to have a play in London's West End, with in 1974. He was described by the New Statesman as "the most perceptive and humane of Black dramatists writing in Britain." (en)
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dbp:name	Mustapha Matura (en)
dbp:notableworks	Play Mas; Rum and Coca Cola; Welcome Home Jacko; Playboy of the West Indies (en)
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dbp:spouse	Ingrid Selberg (en)
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rdfs:comment	Mustapha Matura (17 December 1939 – 29 October 2019) was a Trinidadian playwright living in London. Characterised by critic Michael Billington as "a pioneering black playwright who opened the doors for his successors", Matura was the first British-based dramatist of colour to have a play in London's West End, with in 1974. He was described by the New Statesman as "the most perceptive and humane of Black dramatists writing in Britain." (en)
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