Alfred Fagon (25 June 1937 – 29 August 1986) was a British playwright, poet and actor.[1][2] He was one of the most notable Black British playwrights of the 1970s and 1980s.[3] Fagon worked for British Rail and served in the British Army before he wrote and produced plays at theatres across the UK, including Royal Court Theatre and Hampstead Theatre.[1]