Cicely Waite-Smith (née Howland) (1910–1978) was a Jamaican playwright and short story writer.

Early life Cicely Howland was born in Canada in 1910. She studied in England, Switzerland and France. Having returned back to England, Howland became an actress, and left the profession when she married Frank Waite-Smith, a Jamaican.

Waite Smith was invited to a 1957 Belize Festival of Arts drama section as an adjudicator.

Works The Wild Horse, 1955 The Impossible Situation, 1956 Africa Sling-shot, 1958 Return to paradise, 1966 The Creatures Family poem

References

External links LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) Obituary: Errol Hill Chezia Thompson Cager, Maryland Institute College “Mothering the Patriarchy: Resistance and Acculturation in the Plays of Jamaican Playwright-Cicely Waite-Smith”