{{Short description|Jamaican actor, playwright and filmmaker (1940–2009)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use British English|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Trevor Rhone | image = Cropped_Photo_of_Trevor_Rhone.jpeg | caption = | birth_name = Trevor Dave Rhone | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1940|03|24}}<ref name="JWG">{{cite journal|last=Campbell|first=Howard|date=20 September 2009|title=Curtains close Stage - A playwright's journey to greatness|newspaper=[[Jamaica Gleaner]]|volume=3,022|pages=17}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Kingston, Jamaica]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2009|09|15|1940|03|24}}<ref name="JWG" /> | death_place = Kingston, Jamaica<ref name="JWG" /> | other_names = | known_for = ''Old Story Time'', ''Smile Orange'', ''The Harder They Come'', ''One Love''<ref name="JWG" /> | employer = | occupation = [[Playwright]] and [[writer]] | education = [[St Jago High School]] | alma_mater = [[Rose Bruford College]] | years_active = {{circa|1960}}&ndash;2009 | height = | title = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = 3<ref name="JWG" /> | parents = | awards = [[Commander of the Order of Distinction]], Jamaica<br>Fellow of [[Rose Bruford College]] | signature = | website = {{URL|www.trevorrhone.com}} | footnotes = }} '''Trevor Dave Rhone''' [[Order of Distinction (Jamaica)|CD]] (24 March 1940 &ndash; 15 September 2009)<ref name="WP obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091702048.html |title=Trevor D. Rhone, 69 - Caribbean Playwright Co-Wrote 'The Harder They Come'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Terence|last=McArdle|date=17 September 2009}}</ref> was a [[Jamaica]]n writer, playwright and filmmaker. He co-wrote, with director [[Perry Henzell]], the internationally successful film ''[[The Harder They Come]]'' (1972).<ref>[https://archive.today/20070514073259/http://web.bobmarley.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070314&contentid=9554 "′Harder They Come′ writer looks back"], Doug Miller, BobMarley.com, 28 March 2007.</ref>

== Life == Trevor Rhone, the last child of 23, was born in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica, and grew up in the tiny town of Bellas Gate in [[Saint Catherine Parish|Saint Catherine]]. 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 [[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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trevor Rhone, a Writer of the Harder They Come, Dies at 69|first=Rob|last=Kenner|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 September 2009}}</ref> 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|Kingston]], 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.<ref>''Jamaica Gleaner'', 2006-04-16.</ref>

Rhone's prolific work includes the films ''[[The Harder They Come]]'' (1972), co-author; ''[[Smile Orange (film)|Smile Orange]]'' (1974), based on his play of the same name; ''Top Rankin{{'}}''; ''Milk and Honey'' (1988), [[Genie Award]] winner; ''[[One Love (2003 film)|One Love]]'' (2003), [[Cannes Film Festival]] favorite.

He was awarded the [[Musgrave Medal|Musgrave Gold Medal]] in 1999 for his work by the [[Institute of Jamaica]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://instituteofjamaica.org.jm/musgrave-awards| title = Musgrave Awardees| publisher = Institute of Jamaica| access-date = 6 February 2015| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://archive.today/20141018165642/http://instituteofjamaica.org.jm/musgrave-awards| archive-date = 18 October 2014}}</ref>

He married Camilla King in 1974, and his children are Jonathan Rhone, filmmaker Traci Rhone, and physicist Trevor David Rhone.

== Death == Trevor D. Rhone died on 15 September 2009 of a massive [[heart attack]], and was buried in Bellas Gate, St. Catherine, Jamaica.

== Works ==

=== Publications of plays ===

* ''It's Not My Fault Baby'' (1967), co-author<ref name="WdTRd">{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/jamaican_theatre/skills_of_the_rhone.html |title=What Does Trevor Rhone Do? |access-date=2009-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021145739/http://geocities.com/jamaican_theatre/skills_of_the_rhone.html |archive-date=21 October 2009 |url-status=unfit }}</ref> * ''The Gadget'' (1968) * ''Cinderella'' (1969), musical<ref name="WdTRd" /> * ''Music Boy'' (1971) * ''Sleeper'' (1972) * ''Comic Strip'' (1973) * ''Everyman'' (1980) * ''Old Story Time'' (1981), 2010 Longman edition includes CSEC-specific study notes {{ISBN|978-1-4082-4514-9}} * ''Two Can Play'' (1982), published in Macmillan Caribbean's 2008 collection of West Indian plays "Two Can Play and Other Plays". {{ISBN|978-1-4050-5746-2}} <ref>{{Cite book |last=Rhone |first=Trevor |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6873094-two-can-play-and-other-plays |title=Two Can Play and Other Plays |publisher=Macmillan Caribbean |year=2008 |isbn=9781405057462 |language=en}}</ref> * ''The Game'' (1985) *''Family Planning Musical'' (1989) *''All in One'' (1991) *''The Power'' (1992), commissioned by BBC Radio<ref name="WdTRd" /> *''One Stop Driver'' (1992) *''Dear Counselor'' (1997) * ''Bellas Gate Boy'' (c.2002),<ref name="BGB">{{cite book|last=Rhone|first=Trevor|title=Bellas Gate Boy|publisher=Macmillan Caribbean|date=30 June 2004|isbn=978-1-4050-3116-5}}</ref> an autobiography,<ref name="C&P">{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030331/flair/flair1.html|title=close&personal with Trevor Rhone|last=O'Neill|first=Kinisha|date=31 March 2003|newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner|access-date=2009-09-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923020349/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030331/flair/flair1.html|archive-date=23 September 2009}}</ref> earned the Actor Boy Award for "Best New Play" c.2002.<ref name="C&P" />

=== Films === * ''[[The Harder They Come]]'' (1972), co-author.<ref name="JIS" /> * ''[[Smile Orange (film)|Smile Orange]]'' (1974), based on his play of the same name.<ref name="JIS" /> *''Top Rankin{{'}}''<ref name="WdTRd" /> * ''[[Milk and Honey (film)|Milk and Honey]]'' (1988), [[Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto Festival of Festivals]] and [[Genie Award]] winner.<ref name="JIS" /> * ''[[One Love (2003 film)|One Love]]'' (2003), [[Cannes Film Festival]] favourite.<ref name="JIS" />

== Honours == * [[Commander of the Order of Distinction]].<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0230030122|title=Review of ''Bellas Gate Boy''|year=2008|publisher=Macmillan Caribbean|access-date=2009-09-24}}</ref> * Focus of the Caribbean Cultural Theatre's film festival in New York in March 2006.<ref name="JIS">{{cite web|url=http://jis.gov.jm/cct-to-honour-trevor-rhone-in-new-york/|title=CCT to Honour Trevor Rhone in New York|date=22 February 2006|publisher=Jamaica Information Service (JIS)|access-date=2009-09-24}}</ref> * Fellow of [[Rose Bruford College]] theatre school. * ''[[Jamaica Gleaner]]'' Honour Award for contributions to the arts (2007).<ref name="JWG" /><ref name="C&P" /> * Gold [[Musgrave Medal]], 1988

For a more complete list see [https://web.archive.org/web/20080308130808/http://www.geocities.com/jamaican_theatre/time_line_of_achievements.html Awards and Honours.]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027044559/http://geocities.com/jamaican_theatre/ |archive-dates=2009-10-27|date=27 October 2009 |title=Trevor Rhone's internet home }} *[http://jamaica-guide.info/arts.and.entertainment/theater/ Theatre in Jamaica] *[http://www.trevorrhone.com Trevor Rhone Official Website] *trevorrhoneartistspage on Facebook *[https://archive.today/20070514073259/http://web.bobmarley.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070314&contentid=9554 {{"'}}Harder They Come' writer looks back"], Doug Miller, BobMarley.com, 28 March 2007.

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