A number of Guyanese plays that began to develop after 1981 belonged to the period of the popularisation of drama in Guyana and the rise of a new, popular and populous audience for theatre. This means the plays needed, and in fact were shaped by, an appeal to a larger mass audience. During the 1980s and after, therefore, there was the rise of the popular play in Guyana. The comic appeal was foremost, but there was also sensational intrigue and plays that drew upon grassroots interests and on immediate topical issues.
Some of the more successful of these generated such a box office demand that they were repeated in re-runs over the last 30 years. We have in the recent past listed the highest ranking among these plays in terms of popularity, including those that have been the most repeated or brought back.
Leading Guyanese playwright Ronald Hollingsworth is the author of more than one play on that list. He even holds the distinction of having written and produced what is probably the most popular and most demanded of those; that is the steamy, rollicking comedy Till Ah Find A Place. Such was its
