MUSTAPHA   MATURA DATE OF BIRTH: December 17, 1939 PLACE OF BIRTH: Belmont, Trinidad EDUCATION: Belmont Intermediate RC School CAREER:                                 Matura left Trinidad for 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. Matura thereafter decided to write plays about the West Indian experience in London. Matura changed his name from Noel Mathura to Mustapha Matura when he became a writer. Matura's publications included: 1972 - As Time Goes by (Playscripts) 1980 - Nice, Rum an' Coca Cola (A Methuen New Theatre Script) 1982 - Meetings 1982 - Play Mas, Independence, Meetings (New Theatre Script) 1990 - Moon Jump, with Jane Gifford 1991 - The Coup 1992 - As Time Goes by", "Nice", "Play Mas", "Independence", "Welcome Home Jacko" and "Meetings": Six Plays 2006 - Three Sisters 2009 - The Playboy of the West Indies 2010 - Playboy of the West Indies 2011 - The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers: Welcome Home Jacko, Chiaroscuro,... 2015 - Play Mas (Modern Plays) AWARDS: 1971 - The George Devine Award 1971 - The John Whiting Award 1974 - The Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award 1991 - Trinidad National Award - The Scarlet Ibis Gold 1994 - The Helen Hayes Award Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit