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Lester Efebo Wilkinson

LESTER EFEBO WILKINSON  (1947 - )

 Nationality:    Trinidad and Tobago
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LESTER EFEBO WILKINSON was born in 1947 in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago. He is a Playwright, Poet, Stage Director, Dramaturge, Workshop Facilitator and Lecturer in Theatre Arts at the Centre for Creative and Festival Arts at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. He has won several awards for playwriting and directing. He is a former President of the National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago, and Artistic Director of the National Theatre Company of Trinidad and Tobago. He was the Founding Artistic Director of the Mausica Folk Theatre, and holds a Teachers Diploma from Mausica Teachers College, a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Arts and Education (Magna Cum Laude) from the City University of New York, and a Master's Degree in Educational Theatre from New York University. In 2004, he was presented with the National Drama Association's "Vanguard Award" for his pioneering work in theatre, and in 2007, he received the Gayelle Television "Pierrot Independence Award" for his contribution to the development of the national community. That same year he was named Poet Laureate of the City of Port of Spain by the Mayor of Port of Spain. In 2009, he was inducted into the St. Mary's College Hall of Fame.

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 Bitter Cassava         Bocas, The         Capital Death         Going Straight To Santa         Same Khaki Pants         To Confirm St Peter

Bitter Cassava

Synopsis:
Sam is a young man in a common-law relationship with Justina, who has three children with him. He meets and falls in love with another woman from the city, Betty-lou, and decides that Justina has to leave his house. He eventually marries the new woman and humiliates Justina in the process. Justina returns to take her sweet revenge.

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The Mausica Folk Theatre    1979

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Genre:
Tragic Drama with music and dance

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  12 Member Mixed Chorus

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Bocas, The

Synopsis:
Two Tobago youths travel to Trinidad to seek work on the Alvarez estate in Arima. When they do not return home after two years their father come looking for them and find them on the estate working in deplorable conditions. Mrs. Alvarez, the estate owner, had lost her husband a year earlier. She encourages the boys' father to remain on the estate with her. Not seeing her husband return, the boys' mother heads for Trinidad in search of her husband. He is very surprised w

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1st Produced:
The Mausica Folk Theatre    1982

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Genre:
Tragic Drama with music and dance

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  12 Member Chorus

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Capital Death

Synopsis:
Kellman, the former prison doctor who championed prison reform is found guilty of a charge of Libel. He refuses to pay the fine that he was charged and insisted that they throw him in jail instead. In prison, he eventually kills another prisoner and is charged for murder. He now faces a death sentence. But several groups gather outside the prison in protest. They demand that that the authorities intervene.

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Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT)    1977

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Genre:
Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Going Straight To Santa

Synopsis:
A thief is released from prison during Christmas week and vows that he will go straight. On Christmas Eve day, while working at the home of a wealthy business-man, he is faced with making some hard choices.

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Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT)    1978

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Same Khaki Pants

Synopsis:
It is wartime (Second World War) in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago. Soldiers and sailors from the Naval Base at Chagaramas and the Army Base at Cumuto are in town having a good time with Jean, Dinah, Clementina and the girls. A new Captain has arrived. He sees Clementina's younger sister, Mavis and is attracted to her, but their father, a long-time bad-john, Toro, takes strong objection. The story is seen through the eyes of Squeezy, the village drunk, who miraculously succeeds in ending the war.

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The Mausica Folk Theatre    1980

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Genre:
Tragic Drama with music and dance

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  15 Member Mixed Chorus

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To Confirm St Peter

Synopsis:
It is Confirmation time in the Parish of Calvary and the villagers are preparing for it. The Confirmation, which takes place on St. Peter's Day, coincides with the 1st Anniversary of the new Parish Priest in Calvary. Meanwhile, there was a fire in the village the night before and a family was left homeless. The Priest encourages his Parish Committee to find alternative accommodation for the family until . . .

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Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT)    1976

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Genre:
A Tragi-comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  1            Other:  -

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