Trevor Rhone

Trevor Rhone
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Born
Trevor Dave Rhone

(1940-03-24)24 March 1940
Kingston, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire
Died15 September 2009(2009-09-15) (aged 69)
Kingston, Jamaica
EducationSt Jago High School
Rose Bruford College
OccupationsPlaywright and writer
Years activec. 1960–2009
Known forThe Harder They Come (1972), Smile Orange (1974), Old Story Time (1981), One Love (2003)
Children3
AwardsCommander of the Order of Distinction, Jamaica
Doctor Bird Award
Fellow of Rose Bruford College
Websitewww.trevorrhone.com

Trevor Dave Rhone CD (24 March 1940 – 15 September 2009) was a Jamaican writer, playwright and filmmaker. He co-wrote, with director Perry Henzell, the internationally successful film The Harder They Come (1972).

Life

Trevor Rhone, the last child of 23, was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in the tiny town of Bellas Gate in Saint Catherine. After seeing his first play at the age of nine, he fell in love with theatre. Educated at Beckford & Smith High School, now known as St. Jago High School, he began his theatre career as a teacher after a three-year stint at Rose Bruford College, an English drama school, where he studied in the early 1960s on scholarship. He was part of the renaissance of Jamaican theatre in the early 1970s. Rhone participated in a group called Theatre '77, which established The Barn, a small theatre in Kingston, to stage local performances. The vision of the group that came together in 1965 was that in 12 years, by 1977, there would be professional theatre in Jamaica.

Rhone's prolific work includes the films The Harder They Come (1972), co-author; Smile Orange (1974), based on his play of the same name; Top Rankin'; Milk and Honey (1988), Genie Award winner; One Love (2003), Cannes Film Festival favorite.

He was awarded the Musgrave Gold Medal in 1999 for his work by the Institute of Jamaica.

He married Camilla King in 1974, and his children are Jonathan Rhone, filmmaker Traci Rhone, and physicist Trevor David Rhone.

Death

Trevor D. Rhone died on 15 September 2009 of a massive heart attack, and was buried in Bellas Gate, St. Catherine, Jamaica.

Works

Publications of plays

Films

Honours

For a more complete list see Awards and Honours.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Campbell, Howard (20 September 2009). "Curtains close Stage - A playwright's journey to greatness". Jamaica Gleaner. 3, 022: 17.
  2. ↑ McArdle, Terence (17 September 2009). "Trevor D. Rhone, 69 - Caribbean Playwright Co-Wrote 'The Harder They Come'". The Washington Post.
  3. ↑ "′Harder They Come′ writer looks back"[link removed], Doug Miller, BobMarley.com, 28 March 2007.
  4. ↑ Kenner, Rob (21 September 2009). "Trevor Rhone, a Writer of the Harder They Come, Dies at 69". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Jamaica Gleaner, 2006-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Musgrave Awardees". Institute of Jamaica. Retrieved 6 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. 1 2 3 4 "What Does Trevor Rhone Do?". Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  8. ↑ Rhone, Trevor (2008). Two Can Play and Other Plays. Macmillan Caribbean. ISBN 9781405057462.
  9. ↑ Rhone, Trevor (30 June 2004). Bellas Gate Boy. Macmillan Caribbean. ISBN 978-1-4050-3116-5.
  10. 1 2 3 O'Neill, Kinisha (31 March 2003). "close&personal with Trevor Rhone". Jamaica Gleaner. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "CCT to Honour Trevor Rhone in New York". Jamaica Information Service (JIS). 22 February 2006. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  12. ↑ "Review of Bellas Gate Boy". Macmillan Caribbean. 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2009.