Cicely Waite-Smith
Jamaican playwright, short story writer
About Cicely Waite-Smith
Lived 1913 – 1978 (aged 64–65). Cicely Waite-Smith was a Jamaican playwright, short story writer and writer.
Cicely Waite-Smith (née Howland) (1910–1978) was a Jamaican playwright and short story writer.
Early life Cicely Howland was born in Canada in 1910. She studied in England, Switzerland and France. Having returned back to England, Howland became an actress, and left the profession when she married Frank Waite-Smith, a Jamaican.
Waite Smith was invited to a 1957 Belize Festival of Arts drama section as an adjudicator.
Works The Wild Horse, 1955 The Impossible Situation, 1956 Africa Sling-shot, 1958 Return to paradise, 1966 The Creatures Family poem
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Who was Cicely Waite-Smith?
Jamaican playwright, short story writer
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Cicely Waite-Smith was born in 1913.
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Cicely Waite-Smith died in 1978.
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Cicely Waite-Smith was a playwright, short story writer and writer.
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Cicely Waite-Smith was Jamaican.
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