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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Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1975 | Pressure | Junior | Released 1978 | [15] |
1977 | Black Joy | Shark | [16] | |
1980 | Babylon | Wesley | [17] | |
1982 | Prime Suspect 2 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1976 | The Melting Pot | |||
1979 | Play for Today | Frank Davies | Series 10, Episode 7 "A Hole in Babylon" | [18] [19] |
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
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1970s | Jumbie Street March | Keskidee Arts Centre | Also playwright | [20] [21] | |
1981 | Measure for Measure | First Gentleman | National Threatre, Lyttelton Theatre | [7] | |
1984 | Macbeth | Banquo | Young Vic Theatre | [8] |