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Errol John (20 December 1924 – 10 July 1988) was a Trinidad and Tobago actor and playwright who emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1951.
Errol John. Actor: The Nun's Story. Errol John began his professional career as a journalist and commercial artist in his native Trinidad. In 1946, he co-founded an amateur theatre group with Errol Hill called the Whitehall Players (also known as the Company of Players).
- January 1, 1
- Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
Errol John (born Dec. 20, 1924, Port of Spain, Trinidad—died July 10, 1988, London, Eng.) was a Trinidadian-born actor and playwright who wrote Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (1958), for which he won The Observer’s prize for best new playwright in 1957 and a Guggenheim fellowship in 1958.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Errol John was born Dec. 20, 1924, in Port of Spain, Trinidad. John was a founding member of the Whitehall Players in Port-of-Spain. He later moved to London to pursue his acting career. Finding only minor roles to begin with, he had a major career breakthrough when cast in BBC's.
Errol John. Actor: The Nun's Story. Errol John began his professional career as a journalist and commercial artist in his native Trinidad. In 1946, he co-founded an amateur theatre group with Errol Hill called the Whitehall Players (also known as the Company of Players).
- December 20, 1924
- July 10, 1988
Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad Errol John was an award winning playwright and actor. After leaving school John began a career as an artist and journalist but soon followed his dream to act, joining the Whitehall Players theatre group.
In January 1963, ERROL JOHN--the Trinidadian actor and playwright, author of the modern masterpiece Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, recently revived by the National Theatre and toured across Britain by Talawa-- the first black actor to play Othello at the Old Vic, the London home of Shakespeare.
