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‘You have to reflect the language to capture people’s souls’: Martina Laird on calypso, patois and the RSC

by Arifa Akbar

The former Casualty actor wrote Driftwood – a family drama set against the backdrop of Trinidadian independence – as a private act after reconnecting with her roots. It was like solving a crossword, she saysMore than two decades ago, the actor Martina Laird took a trip back to her past. As part of the ensemble on the TV drama Casualty, in which she played paramedic Comfort Jones, she was a household face with a r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:15am on April 24, 2026