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Winsome Pinnock

Windham-Campbell Literature Prize

Winsome Pinnock

FRSL (born 1961) is a British playwright of Jamaican heritage, who is "probably Britain's most well known black female playwright".[1] She was described in The Guardian as "the godmother of black British playwrights".[2]

Life

Winsome Pinnock was born in

Smithfield Meat Market.[3] Pinnock attended Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Comprehensive Girls' School (formerly Starcross School) in Islington, and graduated from Goldsmiths' College, University of London (1979–82) with a BA (Joint Honours) degree in English and Drama,[4] and in 1983 from Birkbeck College, University of London, with an MA degree in Modern Literature in English.[5]

Pinnock's award-winning plays include The Winds of Change (Half Moon Theatre, 1987), Leave Taking (Liverpool Playhouse Studio, 1988; National Theatre, 1995),[6] Picture Palace (commissioned by the Women's Theatre Group, 1988),[7] A Hero's Welcome (Women's Playhouse Trust at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1989), A Rock in Water (Royal Court Young People's Theatre at the Theatre Upstairs, 1989; inspired by the life of Claudia Jones),[8] Talking in Tongues (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1991), Mules (Clean Break, 1996) and One Under (Tricycle Theatre, 2005).[9] She also adapted Jean Rhys' short story "Let Them Call It Jazz" for BBC Radio 4 in 1998, and has written screenplays and television episodes.[6] Pinnock's work is included in the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.

Pinnock has been Visiting Lecturer at

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL).[10]

In 2022, Pinnock was the recipient of a

Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for drama.[11]

Awards

Selected works

  • The Winds Of Change, Half Moon Theatre, London, 1987.
  • Leave Taking, Playhouse, Liverpool, and National Theatre, London, 1988. Bush Theatre, May 2018.[15]
  • Picture Palace, Women's Theatre Group, London, 1988.
  • A Rock In Water, Royal Court Young People's Theatre at the Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1989.[16] Published in Black Plays: 2, ed. Yvonne Brewster, London: Methuen Drama, 1989.
  • A Hero's Welcome, Women's Playhouse Trust at the Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1989.
  • Talking In Tongues, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1991. Published in The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers, Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2011,
    ISBN 978-1408131244
  • Mules, Clean Break, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1996
  • Can You Keep a Secret?,
    Cottesloe Theatre
    , National Theatre, London, 1999
  • Water,
    Tricycle Theatre
    , London, 2000.
  • One Under, Tricycle Theatre, London, 2005.
  • IDP, Tricycle Theatre, London, 2006[17]
  • Taken, Soho Theatre, London, 2010.
  • Her Father's Daughter, BBC Radio 4.
  • The Dinner Party, BBC Radio 4.
  • Lazarus, BBC Radio 3, 2013.
  • The Principles of Cartography, Bush Theatre, 2017.
  • Rockets and Blue Lights, 2018

Further reading

References

  1. S2CID 191553025
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  2. ^ Kolawole, Helen (26 July 2003). "Look who's taking the stage". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Dowd, Vincent (18 March 2020). "The playwright spotlighting Britain's black history". BBC News. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ Bartholomew, Roy (23 April 1996). "A bare shoulder to cry on". The Independent.
  5. ^ a b Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University London.
  6. ^
    ISBN 9781137506290
    .
  7. ISBN 978-0-521-80003-7
    .
  8. ^ Peacock, D. Keith, "Chapter 9: So People Know We're Here: Black Theatre in Britain" in Thatcher's Theatre: British Theatre and Drama in the Eighties, Greenwood Press, 1999, p. 179.
  9. ^ "Winsome Pinnock", Drama Online.
  10. ^ a b "Winsome Pinnock". RSL. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  11. ^ Brown, Lauren (29 March 2022). "Jefferson, Dangarembga and Pinnock among winners of Windham-Campbell Prizes". The Bookseller. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  12. ^ "2018 Award", Alfred Fagon Award.
  13. ^ Snow, Georgia (9 November 2018). "Winsome Pinnock wins 2018 Alfred Fagon Award"". The Stage.
  14. ^ "Winsome Pinnock". Windham-Campbell Prizes. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  15. ^ Leave Taking at Bush Theatre (24 May–30 June 2018).
  16. ^ "Rock In Water, A". National Theatre Black Plays Archive. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  17. ^ Winsome Pinnock page at Doolee.com.

Sources

External links

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