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Canadian playwright
Anne Chislett
Born Margaret Anne Chislett (1942-12-22 ) December 22, 1942 (age 81)
St. John's ,
Dominion of Newfoundland Occupation playwright Nationality
Canadian Period 1970s-present Notable works Quiet in the Land , The Tomorrow Box
Anne Chislett (born December 22, 1942)
[1] is a Canadian playwright.
Biography
Born and raised in
St. John's ,
Dominion of Newfoundland , Chislett studied at
Memorial University of Newfoundland and the
University of British Columbia .
[1] She taught high school English and drama in Ontario before becoming a full-time playwright in 1980.
[2] Chislett is a co-founder of the
Blyth Festival
[1] and was its artistic director from 1998 to 2002.
[2]
Among her most famous pieces are The Tomorrow Box (1980) and Quiet in the Land (1981).
[1] Quiet in the Land won both the
Governor General's Award for Drama and the
Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1983.
[1] Her 1996 play Flippin' In won the Chalmers Canadian Play Award for Young Audiences.
[2] 2000's Not Quite the Same was nominated for both
Dora Mavor Moore and Chalmers awards.
[2] Her works Yankee Notions and Venus Sucked In: A Post-Feminist Comedy were performed on the
CBC Radio program
Morningside .
[1]
Chislett is on the advisory board of the
Playwrights Guild of Canada .
[2]
Bibliography
(Note: dates are of first productions)
A Summer Burning (adapted from
Harry J. Boyle's novel) (1977)
The Tomorrow Box (1980)
Quiet in the Land (1981)
Another Season's Promise (with Keith Roulston) (1986)
Half a Chance (1988)
The Gift (1988)
Yankee Notions (1992)
Glengarry School Days (with Janet Amos) (1994)
Flippin' In (1995)
Then and Now (1997)
Not Quite the Same (2000)
Venus Sucked In: A Post-Feminist Comedy (radio play) (1991)
No Sweat (2005)
Another Season's Harvest (with Keith Roulston) (2006)
The Perilous Pirate's Daughter (with David Archibald) (2007)
References
External links
1980s 1990s
Ann-Marie MacDonald ,
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (1990)
Joan MacLeod , Amigo's Blue Guitar (1991)
John Mighton ,
Possible Worlds and A Short History of Night (1992)
Guillermo Verdecchia , Fronteras Americanas (1993)
Morris Panych ,
The Ends of the Earth (1994)
Jason Sherman , Three in the Back, Two in the Head (1995)
Colleen Wagner , The Monument (1996)
Ian Ross , fareWel (1997)
Djanet Sears ,
Harlem Duet (1998)
Michael Healey ,
The Drawer Boy (1999)
2000s
Timothy Findley ,
Elizabeth Rex (2000)
Kent Stetson , The Harps of God (2001)
Kevin Kerr , Unity (1918) (2002)
Vern Thiessen ,
Einstein's Gift (2003)
Morris Panych ,
Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (2004)
John Mighton , Half Life (2005)
Daniel MacIvor , I Still Love You (2006)
Colleen Murphy , The December Man (2007)
Catherine Banks , Bone Cage (2008)
Kevin Loring , Where the Blood Mixes (2009)
2010s
Robert Chafe , Afterimage (2010)
Erin Shields , If We Were Birds (2011)
Catherine Banks , It Is Solved by Walking (2012)
Nicolas Billon , Fault Lines: Three Plays (2013)
Jordan Tannahill , Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays (2014)
David Yee , carried away on the crest of a wave (2015)
Colleen Murphy ,
Pig Girl (2016)
Hiro Kanagawa , Indian Arm (2017)
Jordan Tannahill , Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom (2018)
Amanda Parris , Other Side of the Game (2019)
2020s
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