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Michael Abbensetts

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Michael Abbensetts

Birth
Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Death
24 Nov 2016 (aged 78)
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England Add to Map
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He was a Guyana-born British writer who settled in England in the 1960s. He had been described as "the best Black playwright to emerge from his generation, and as having given "Caribbeans a real voice in Britain". He was the first black British playwright commissioned to write a television drama series, Empire Road, which the BBC aired from 1978 to 1979. He was born as Michael John Abbensetts.
He was a Guyana-born British writer who settled in England in the 1960s. He had been described as "the best Black playwright to emerge from his generation, and as having given "Caribbeans a real voice in Britain". He was the first black British playwright commissioned to write a television drama series, Empire Road, which the BBC aired from 1978 to 1979. He was born as Michael John Abbensetts.

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