Trevor D. Rhone

"Trevor Rhone" (born 1940) is a Jamaican writer and playwright.

He was born in 1940 and began his theatre career as a teacher after a three year stint at Rose Bruford College, an English drama school. He was part of the renaissance of Jamaican theater in the early 1970's. Rhone participated in a group called Theatre '77, which established The Barn, a small theater in Kingston, Jamaica to stage local performances.

Among his works is the script to The Harder They Come, a 1972 crime film, which was instrumental in popularizing reggae in the US. He also wrote the script for the 2003 romance One Love.

In July 2007, Trevor Rhone is awarded 3rd place of the top 100 all time black screen icons in the past 100 years.

Popular plays

* Smile Orange (1971)
* School's Out (1972)
* Old Story Time (1981)
* Two Can Play (1982)
* The Game (1985)

Recognition

Trevor Rhone's contributions have recently been written about by BobMarley.com.

Trevor Rhone was honoured as the focus of the Caribbean Cultural Theatre's film festival in New York (March 2006).

Trevor Rhone has just been made a Fellow of Rose Bruford College theatre school where he studied in the 60's

Sources

* [http://web.bobmarley.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070314&contentid=9554 BobMarley.com article on Trevor Rhone]
* [http://www.jis.gov.jm/foreign_affairs/html/20060222T120000-0500_8151_JIS_CCT_TO_HONOUR_TREVOR_RHONE_IN_NEW_YORK.asp Jamaican government article on the film Festival]

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/jamaican_theatre/ Trevor Rhone internet home]
* [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030331/flair/flair1.html The Jamaican Gleaner honours Trevor Rhone]
* [http://jamaica-guide.info/arts.and.entertainment/theater/ Theatre in Jamaica]
* [http://www.100blackscreenicons.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=2 100 Black Screen Icons]