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Mustapha Matura (born 17 December 1939)〔("Mustapha Matura" ), ''The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre''. Oxford Reference.〕 is a Trinidadian playwright living in London. He was described by the ''New Statesman'' as "the most perceptive and humane of Black dramatists writing in Britain."〔("Matura, Mustapha (1939-)", Screenonline. )〕 ==Biography== Born Noel Mathura in Trinidad, he changed his name when he became a writer, and has explained: "I liked the sound of it.... It was the sixties."〔(Biography, Mustapha Matura website. )〕 Leaving the Caribbean, he travelled to 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 such as Langston Hughes' ''Shakespeare in Harlem''. Matura thereafter decided to write plays about the West Indian experience in London.〔 In 1971 his play ''As Time Goes By'' was first performed at the Traverse Theatre Club in Edinburgh and in London at the Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, with a cast of Caribbean actors, including Stefan Kalipha, Alfred Fagon, Mona Hammond and Corinne Skinner-Carter. ''Play Mas'' was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1974 (with Stefan Kalipha, Rudolph Walker, Norman Beaton and Mona Hammond in the cast), winning Matura the ''Evening Standard''’s Most Promising Playwright Award that year. Among his subsequent plays were ''Rum and Coca Cola'' (1976), ''Another Tuesday'' (Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1978), ''More, More'' (The Factory, London, 1978), ''Independence'' (1979), ''A Dying Business'' (Riverside Studios, 1980); ''One Rule'' (Riverside Studios, 1981), ''Meetings'' (1981),〔Mel Gussow, ("Stage: Mustapha Matura's 'Meetings'" ), ''The New York Times'', 31 March 1981.〕 ''Playboy of the West Indies'' (Oxford Playhouse, 1984, and produced for BBC television, 1985), ''Trinidad Sisters'' (Tricycle Theatre, 1988) and ''The Coup'' (Royal National Theatre, 1991).〔(Mustapha Matura page ) at Bloomsbury Publishing.〕〔 In 1978, he co-founded the Black Theatre Co-operative (now called Nitro) together with British director Charlie Hanson.〔 "Frustrated by the lack of interest from London Fringe theatres in Matura's new play ''Welcome Home Jacko'', Matura and Hanson set up their own theatre company. ''Welcome Home Jacko'' was presented at The Factory in Paddington, west London, in May 1979 and marked the beginnings of the Black Theatre Co-operative. The company supported, commissioned and produced work by black writers in Britain."〔(Black Plays Archive, National Theatre. )〕 His work for television includes the Channel 4 sitcom ''No Problem!'' (1983-5), written by Matura with Farrukh Dhondy, and ''Black Silk'' (BBC, 1985), which he devised in collaboration with Rudy Narayan. Matura is also a poet, and in Bayswater, West London (1971) he performed his epic poem "Elae Elae Ghanga". He is married to Ingrid Selberg, daughter of Norwegian mathematician Atle Selberg. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mustapha Matura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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