Cause of death heart attack Name Trevor Rhone Years active c1960-2009 | Nationality Jamaican Role Writer | |
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Full Name Trevor Dave Rhone Born 24 March 1940 ( 1940-03-24 ) Home town Bellas Gate, St Catherine, Jamaica Books Old story time ; and, Smile orange, Two Can Play, Old story time and other plays, Two Can Play ; And, School's Out Awards Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay Movies Smile Orange, The Harder They Come, One Love, Milk And Honey Similar People Perry Henzell, Carl Bradshaw, Don Letts, Josette Simon, Louise Bennett | ||
Trevor rhone
Trevor Dave Rhone (24 March 1940 – 15 September 2009) was a Jamaican writer, playwright and film maker. He co-wrote, with director Perry Henzell, the internationally successful film The Harder They Come (1972).
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Life
Trevor Rhone, was the last child of twenty-three, grew up in a tiny town of Bellas Gate in Jamaica. 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 the 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, Jamaica, 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.
His 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), winner; One Love (2003), Cannes Film Festival favorite.
He was awarded the Musgrave Gold Medal in 1988 for his work by the Institute of Jamaica.
Death
Trevor D. Rhone died on 15 September 2009 of a massive heart attack, and was buried in Bellas Gate, St. Catherine, Jamaica. He is survived by his three children, Traci, Trevor-David and Jonathan, wife Camella and grandchild Sofia. in 2006
Publications of plays
Films
Honours
For a more complete list see Awards and Honours.