Leonie: Her Autobiography

I have enthusiastically admired many performances by Leonie Forbes, and have expressed my admiration in print.  So, although I did not know her well, I was pleased to be asked if I would help with the autobiography she wanted to write.  I said yes, and she began to talk her life.  Prompted minimally, she gave up information well beyond her involvement in theatre.  I was captivated by her story and her way of telling it.  What I have done, essentially, is organize and edit her recall. 

                                  Mervyn Morris

  

The Merchant of Venice

Jamaican-born Leonie Amiel played the finest leading role of Portia that the play has ever seen in Australia.

Townsville Daily Bulletin 24 May 1969

 Leonie Forbes is one of the most distinguished actors in the Caribbean and an accomplished broadcaster.  Educated in Jamaica and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, she has worked in many countries and is internationally acclaimed.

Mervyn Morris is a Jamaican poet and academic.  His books include ‘Is English We Speaking’ and other essays and I been there, sort of: New and Selected Poems.  He was a theatre reviewer for many years.