Dennis Scott

  • Dennis Scott
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Writer, Actor
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Jamaica

Dennis Scott (16 December 1939 – 21 February 1991) was a Jamaican poetplaywrightactor (best known for appearances on The Cosby Show) anddancer. His well known poem "Marrysong" is used in the IGCSE syllabus. He was also a theatre director and drama teacher.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Scott attended Jamaica College, where he became headboy. He was further educated at the University of the West Indies (UWI),Mona, and taught in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago (at Presentation College), and at Yale University in the United States. While at UWI he was the assistant editor of Caribbean Quarterly. Thereafter, he went to Athens, Georgia, on a Shubert Playwrighting Fellowship (1970-1971), and was later awarded a Commonwealth Fellowship to take an education diploma course in Newcastle upon TyneEngland. He returned to teach at Jamaica College, and then became director of the School of Drama at the Cultural Trining Centre in Kingston.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Scott_(writer)

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