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BARRY RECKORD (1926 - 2011)
Nationality:
Jamaican
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Agent contact Margaret Reckord Bernal upmountain@aol.com
Barrington John Reckord, playwright, born 19 November 1926; died 20 December 2011. Barry Reckord's place in the history of black playwriting in the United Kingdom unfortunately has been almost unrecognised previously. Reckord was among the first modern Caribbean playwrights to have work produced in England. As a Jamaican abroad the in the 50's and 60's he laid a solid foundation for later emerging Caribbean playwrights such as Trinidadian Mustafa Matura, Guyanese Michael Abbensetts and Jamaican Alfred Fagon in the 70's, all of whom appreciated how well Reckord's work had paved their way forward.
Barry Reckord - Guardian Obituary >>>
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Della
Synopsis:
Set in the disadvantaged Trench Town area of Kingston
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aka Flesh to A Tiger; Adella
1st Produced:
Ward Theatre, Kingston, Jamaica 1953
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Play/Drama
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Male: 6  Female: 5  Other: musicians and children
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Don't Gas The Blacks
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London 1969
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Flesh To A Tiger
Drama set in the Caribbean
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revised version of Adella
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Ward Theatre Kingston Jamaica (as Della) 1953
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Wearing - The London Stage 58.117
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Give The Gaffers Time To Love You
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London 1973
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Liberated Woman, A
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New York 1970
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Skyvers
Dealing with the alienation and rage of a group of south London boys in the last few days at their sink school
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Streetwise
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London 1982
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White Witch of Rose Hall, The
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Creative Arts Centre, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica 04 Oct 1975
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You In Your Small Corner
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a story about the relationship between a young middle-class West Indian and his white, working-class girlfriend
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subsequently At Royal Court, 1960
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Cheltenham 1960
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