Playwrights and their stage works 

Derek (Alton) Walcott

Born in Castries, St. Lucia, West Indies, 23 January 1930.

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1992.

Educated at St. Mary's College, Castries, 1941-47; University College of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 1950-54, B.A. 1953. Married 1) Fay Moyston in 1954 (divorced 1959), one son; 2) Margaret Ruth Maillard in 1962 (divorced), two daughters; 3) Norline Metivier in 1982. Teacher, St. Mary's College, Castries, 1947-50 and 1954, Grenada Boy's Secondary School, St. George's, Grenada, 1953-54, and Jamaica College, Kingston, 1955; feature writer, Public Opinion, Kingston, 1956-57; feature writer, 1960-62, and drama critic, 1963-68, Trinidad Guardian, Port-of-Spain. Co-founder, St. Lucia Arts Guild, 1950, and Basement Theatre, Port-of-Spain; founding director, Little Carib Theatre Workshop (later Trinidad Theatre Workshop), 1959-76. Assistant professor of creative writing, 1981, and since 1985 visiting professor, Boston University. Visiting professor, Columbia University, New York, 1981, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982, 1987. Recipient: Rockefeller grant, 1957, 1966, and fellowship, 1958; Arts Advisory Council of Jamaica prize, 1960; Guinness award, 1961; Ingram Merrill Foundation grant, 1962; Borestone Mountain award, 1964, 1977; Royal Society of Literature Heinemann award, 1966, 1983; Cholmondeley award, 1969; Audrey Wood fellowship, 1969; Eugene O'Neill Foundation fellowship, 1969; Gold Hummingbird medal (Trinidad), 1969; Obie award, for drama, 1971; Jock Campbell award (New Statesman), 1974; Guggenheim award, 1977; American Poetry Review award, 1979; Welsh Arts Council International Writers prize, 1980; MacArthur fellowship, 1981; Los Angeles Times prize, 1986; Queen's gold medal for poetry, 1988; W.H. Smith award, for poetry, 1991; Nobel prize, for literature, 1992. D. Litt.: University of the West Indies, Mona, 1973. Fellow, Royal Society of Literature, 1966; Honorary Member, American Academy, 1979. O.B.E. (Officer, Order of the British Empire), 1972.

Stage Works

  1. Cry for a Leader (produced 1950).

  2. Senza Alcun Sospetto (broadcast 1950; as Paolo and Francesca, produced 1951?).

  3. Henri Christophe: A Chronicle (also director: produced 1950). 1950.

  4. Robin and Andrea, December 1950.

  5. Three Assassins (produced 1951?).

  6. The Price of Mercy (produced 1951?).

  7. Harry Dernier (as Dernier, broadcast 1952; as Harry Dernier, also director: produced 1952). 1952.

  8. The Sea at Dauphin (produced 1954). 1954

  9. The Charlatan (also director: produced 1954?; revised version, music by Fred Hope and Rupert Dennison, produced 1973; revised version, music by Galt MacDermot, produced 1974; revised version produced 1977).

  10. The Wine of the Country (also director: produced 1956).

  11. The Golden Lions (also director: produced 1956).

  12. Ione: A Play with Music (produced 1957). 1957.

  13. Ti-Jean and His Brothers (produced 1957; revised version, also director: produced 1958).

  14. Drums and Colours (produced 1958).

  15. Malcochon; or, The Six in the Rain (produced 1959; as The Six in the Rain, produced 1960; as Malcochon, produced 1969).

  16. Jourmard; or, A Comedy till the Last Minute (produced 1959).

  17. Batai (carnival show; also director: produced 1965).

  18. Dream on Monkey Mountain (also director: produced 1967).

  19. Franklin: A Tale of the Islands (produced 1969; revised version, also director: produced 1973).

  20. In a Fine Castle (also director: produced 1970).

  21. The Joker of Seville, music by Galt MacDermot, adaptation of the play by Tirso de Molina (produced 1974).

  22. O Babylon!, music by Galt MacDermot (also director: produced 1976).

  23. Remembrance (also director: produced 1977).

  24. The Snow Queen (television play) April 1977.

  25. Pantomime (produced 1978). With Remembrance, 1980.

  26. Marie Laveau, music by Galt MacDermot (also director: produced 1979).

  27. The Isle Is Full of Noises (produced 1982).

  28. Beef, No Chicken (produced 1982).

  29. The Last Carnival (produced 1992).

  30. To Die for Granada (produced 1986).

  31. Viva Detroit (produced 1990).

  32. Steel (produced 1991).

  33. The Odyssey, adaptation of the epic by Homer (produced 1992).

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