Matura, Mustapha

Mustapha Matura was born in Trinidad and came to England in 1961. He co-founded the Black Theatre Co-operative with the director Charlie Hanson in 1978 under which he wrote the highly successful "No Problem!" His plays include: "Rum an' Coca Cola" (Royal Court Theatre and off-Broadway, 1976); "Another Tuesday" and "More, More "(the Factory, London, 1978); "A Dying Business" (Riverside Studios, 1980); "One Rule" (Riverside Studios, 1981); "The Playboy of the West Indies" (Oxford Playhouse, 1984, and produced for BBC television, 1985); "Trinidad Sisters" (Tricycle Theatre, 1988) and "The Coup" (...