Errol Hill

Errol Gaston Hill (August 5, 1921–September 16, 2003) was a Trinidadian-born playwright and theater historian. He was the first tenured African American faculty member at Dartmouth College in the United States, joining their drama department in 1968. Hill's works include the play Man Better Man (1964) and the non-fiction books The Trinidad Carnival (1972), The Theater of Black Americans (1980), and the Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean The... more

Errol Gaston Hill (August 5, 1921–September 16, 2003) was a Trinidadian-born playwright and theater historian. He was the first tenured African American faculty member at Dartmouth College in the United States, joining their drama department in 1968. Hill's works include the play Man Better Man (1964) and the non-fiction books The Trinidad Carnival (1972), The Theater of Black Americans (1980), and the Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre (1994). less