Louis Marriott is a Jamaican Actor/Director/Writer/Broadcaster, the Executive Officer of the Michael Manley

Michael Manley

Michael Norman Manley ON OCC was the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica . Manley was a democratic socialist....

 Foundation, and member of the Performing Right Society

Performing Right Society

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, Jamaica Federation of Musicians, and founding member of the Jamaica Association of Dramatic Artists.

Born: Old Pound Road, St. Andrew, Jamaica

Jamaica

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, May 22, 1935, son of the late Egbert Marriott, Builder, and the late Edna Irene Thompson-Marriott. Educated: Jamaica College

Jamaica College

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Career

• Government Public Relations Officer - late 1950s
• Editor Public Opinion 1960-62
• Assistant Public Relations Officer – Ninth Central American and Caribbean Games (Kingston) 1962
• Press Officer – 1st Anniversary Jamaica Independence Festival
  Jamaica Independence Festival
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   1963
• Deputy Editor of Publications – Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (C.P.A.) General Council (London) 1965-70 (Lectured widely in Britain on Commonwealth and Caribbean affairs 1965-72. Was Consultant/Advisor for several C.P.A. conferences in Caribbean and West Africa 1967-70)
• BBC
  BBC
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   Radio Writer and Producer 1970-71
• Director Jamaica Independence Festival (London) 1972
• Press Secretary to Prime Minister of Jamaica 1973 and 1979-80
• Assistant Director – National Literacy Programme Communications 1973-74
• Director-General Information Incorporated 1974-76
• Chief Organizer – Food and Drink '75 Exhibition (National Arena) July 1975
• Director Publications and Advertising Agency for Public Information 1976-79
• Free-lance writer 1980–present - for CFNI, PAHO, WHO
  Who
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  , Jamaica Gleaner among several national and international bodies, and writer / director / producer of several stage productions
• Executive Officer - Michael Manley
  Michael Manley
  Michael Norman Manley ON OCC was the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica . Manley was a democratic socialist....
  
   Foundation, 2000–present

Theatre

Marriott has written and directed for stage, and acted

• Public Mischief (1957)
• The Shepherd (1960)
• Phineas McUmbridge (1961)
• The Baiting of Reuben (1963)
• A Pack of Jokers (1978)
• More Jokers (1980)
• The New Jokers (1981)
• Playboy (1981)
• Pressure (1982)
• Office Chase (1982)
• How to Make Money (1983)
• Singer Man (1984)
• Bedward (1984, 2004) (reprisal of The Shepherd)
• Women (1984)
• Lovey (1985)
• Over the Years (1985, 2010)
• One Stop Driver (1988) (co-wrote with Alvin Campbell)
• Last of the Jokers (1988) (co-wrote with Alvin Campbell, Lavinia Marriott and Karen Marriott)
• The Adventure of Charlie Greenhorne (1991)
• Funny Biz Niz (1992)
• Life in Jamaica (1998)
• Rosie (1999)
• The Year 2000 (2000)

Marriott has written several books including:

• Gold Rush – Jamaican Style – Jamaica in World Athletics 1948–92 (1992) (co-wrote with Alvin Campbell)
• Who's Who and What's What in Jamaican Arts and Entertainment (1995)

Journalism

Marriott has authored syndicated articles appearing in some 200 English-Language newspapers and magazines throughout the world. He has been a regular guest writer in several Jamaican newspaper publications. He has written and produced numerous radio and television plays and documentary broadcast programmes and films in both Jamaica and Britain.
He wrote "The University of Brixton" radio drama series for BBC

BBC

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English Radio 1970-71.
He has written several public education radio series for the CFNI (Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute) during his free-lance years.