Anne Chislett
BornMargaret Anne Chislett
(1942-12-22) December 22, 1942 (age 81)
St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland
Occupationplaywright
NationalityCanadian
Period1970s-present
Notable worksQuiet 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)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f W. H. New, ed. (2002). "Anne Chislett". Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 204. ISBN 0802007619.
  2. ^ a b c d e Anne Chislett. Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, April 28, 2010.

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