Playboy of the West Indies

Summary: 1985 BBC production of Mustapha Matura’s Playboy of the West Indies (an adaptation of Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World).
Theatre play: Playboy of the West Indies by Mustapha Matura [more information]
Play synopsis: A Caribbean version of J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World which moves the action of the play from rural Ireland to Trinidad. Peggy Ford runs a rum bar for her father Mikey in Mayaro, a small fishing village on the south-east coast of Trinidad. Mayaro is, to put it mildly, off the beaten track and if you were to say that nothing ever happens there you might, with reason, be accused of exaggeration. Imagine, therefore, if you will, the effect on all concerned when a handsome young stranger appears and insists that he has just murdered his father.
Production history: This Caribbean Playboy had been originally commissioned by Nicholas Kent who had staged it at the Oxford Playhouse and at the Tricycle Theatre in London in 1984. Kent also directed the BBC television adaptation of the production in 1985.
Date of transmission: Sunday 13 October 1985
Time: 8.35-10.10pm
Series: Theatre Night
Channel: BBC2
Production company: BBC

Director

Nicholas Kent

Producer

Alan Shallcross

Lighting

Howard King

Playwright

Mustapha Matura

Writer

J. M. Synge (1871-1909) (Matura’s play adapts Synge’s original work)

Designer

Chris Pemsel

Introduced by

Mustapha Matura

Cast

Title: Playboy of the West Indies (BBC, 1985)
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