T-Bone Wilson | |
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Born | |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Mountview Theatre School |
Occupation(s) | Actor, dramatist, poet |
T-Bone Wilson is a Guyanese-British actor, dramatist and poet. [1]
Wilson came to England from Guyana in 1962 as an engineering student. Deciding to take up drama, he trained at the Mountview Theatre School. [2] Wilson acted in Mustapha Matura's series of short plays, Black Pieces, [1] staged by Roland Rees at the ICA in 1970. [3] Wilson was inspired to become a playwright himself, [4] writing Jumbie Street March, Body and Soul (1974) and Come Jubilee (1977). [5] Jumbie Street March was produced by the Dark and Light Theatre Company. [6]
As a theatre actor, Wilson performed in the National Theatre's 1981 production of Measure for Measure, the first main-stage Shakespeare by a national theatre company to employ a majority of ethnic minority actors. [7] He played Banquo in a 1984 production of Macbeth at the Young Vic Theatre. [8]
Wilson appeared in the 1979 television drama A Hole in Babylon, based on events leading up to the 1975 Spaghetti House siege. [9] He also appeared in Franco Rosso's 1980 film Babylon, which portrayed sound system culture and racism in Brixton. [10]
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T-Bone Wilson | |
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Born | |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Mountview Theatre School |
Occupation(s) | Actor, dramatist, poet |
T-Bone Wilson is a Guyanese-British actor, dramatist and poet. [1]
Wilson came to England from Guyana in 1962 as an engineering student. Deciding to take up drama, he trained at the Mountview Theatre School. [2] Wilson acted in Mustapha Matura's series of short plays, Black Pieces, [1] staged by Roland Rees at the ICA in 1970. [3] Wilson was inspired to become a playwright himself, [4] writing Jumbie Street March, Body and Soul (1974) and Come Jubilee (1977). [5] Jumbie Street March was produced by the Dark and Light Theatre Company. [6]
As a theatre actor, Wilson performed in the National Theatre's 1981 production of Measure for Measure, the first main-stage Shakespeare by a national theatre company to employ a majority of ethnic minority actors. [7] He played Banquo in a 1984 production of Macbeth at the Young Vic Theatre. [8]
Wilson appeared in the 1979 television drama A Hole in Babylon, based on events leading up to the 1975 Spaghetti House siege. [9] He also appeared in Franco Rosso's 1980 film Babylon, which portrayed sound system culture and racism in Brixton. [10]
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