Barbara Assoon ( â€" April ) was a Trinidadian actress, journalist,
and broadcaster.Barbara Assoon was born in the Trinidad capital, Port
of Spain. The daughter of a French-Chinese acrobat, she began her
acting career in the mid-s. In , she had a role in a production of
Peter Ustinov's play The Indifferent Shepherd, acting in the first of
many productions with Errol John. In the following year, Assoon
received a scholarship to study acting in England, choosing the
Bristol Old Vic school. Assoon spent the next years in Britain and
appeared in many radio, television and stage productions. She
performed in many radio soap operas as well as live TV dramas during
the s. In , Assoon made her Trinidadian radio debut in The Edwards
Family, a soap opera.In , she played Rosa in Errol John's play Moon on
a Rainbow Shawl at the Royal Court Theatre. Among her British
television appearances was the role of Tituba, a black servant, in
Arthur Miller's The Crucible; the production also featured Sean
Connery. She also played one of the leads in Fable (), an episode of
The Wednesday Play by John Hopkins, an inversion of South African
apartheid. Hopkins' play reunited her with Thomas Baptiste; the two
actors had played the first Black couple to appear in Coronation
Street in .In , her English husband died; he was an accountant, the
couple had a son. Assoon returned to Trinidad with her son in working
with Radio Trinidad as a radio presenter especially on its programme
intended for women. Her last appearance in a stage play was in , in
Derek Walcott's Remembrance, appearing with Norman Beaton. After her
retirement, she remained active in training the next generation of
journalists.
and broadcaster.Barbara Assoon was born in the Trinidad capital, Port
of Spain. The daughter of a French-Chinese acrobat, she began her
acting career in the mid-s. In , she had a role in a production of
Peter Ustinov's play The Indifferent Shepherd, acting in the first of
many productions with Errol John. In the following year, Assoon
received a scholarship to study acting in England, choosing the
Bristol Old Vic school. Assoon spent the next years in Britain and
appeared in many radio, television and stage productions. She
performed in many radio soap operas as well as live TV dramas during
the s. In , Assoon made her Trinidadian radio debut in The Edwards
Family, a soap opera.In , she played Rosa in Errol John's play Moon on
a Rainbow Shawl at the Royal Court Theatre. Among her British
television appearances was the role of Tituba, a black servant, in
Arthur Miller's The Crucible; the production also featured Sean
Connery. She also played one of the leads in Fable (), an episode of
The Wednesday Play by John Hopkins, an inversion of South African
apartheid. Hopkins' play reunited her with Thomas Baptiste; the two
actors had played the first Black couple to appear in Coronation
Street in .In , her English husband died; he was an accountant, the
couple had a son. Assoon returned to Trinidad with her son in working
with Radio Trinidad as a radio presenter especially on its programme
intended for women. Her last appearance in a stage play was in , in
Derek Walcott's Remembrance, appearing with Norman Beaton. After her
retirement, she remained active in training the next generation of
journalists.
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