Frank Thomasson

It happens. It is life. Great contributions are made. Years go by and they are forgotten and those who made them are forgotten too. But at least theatre veterans in Guyana and the Guyana diaspora will remember Frank Thomasson who died recently at the age of eighty-eight. He died in England, land of his birth, but I dare say his heart was left in Guyana where he lived and worked when he was young long, long ago. I recall so vividly my old friend Frank.

Half a century and more ago I met Frank Thomasson in Georgetown and he became my dear friend and though after he left Guyana we lived in different lands we never lost touch and we were as close as brothers. When he grew very