Gwen Pharis Ringwood (August 13, 1910 Anatone, Washington – May 24, 1984 Williams Lake, British Columbia) was a Canadian playwright.

Life

She graduated from the University of Alberta. She worked part-time as a secretary for Elizabeth Sterling Haynes, and then working at the Banff Centre for the Arts as registrar.^[1] She studied playwriting at University of North Carolina.^{[citation needed]}

The theatre in Williams Lake,^[2] and an award for drama, given by the Writers' Guild of Alberta, are named for her.^[3][4]

Her papers are held at University of Calgary.^[5]

Awards

• 1939 Dominion Drama Festival
• 1941 Governor General's Awards

Books

• Younger Brother, Longmans, Green, 1959
• The Collected Plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood. Ed: Enid Delgatty Rutland. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1982. ISBN 978-0-88887-956-1
• The Gwen Pharis Ringwood Papers, Marlys Chevrefils, Shirley A. Onn, and Apollonia Steele, editors, February 1988, ISBN 0-919813-60-7 ^[6]

Plays

• The Dragons of Kent, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1935
• Chris Axelson, Blacksmith, University of North Carolina, 1938
• One Man's House, University of North Carolina, 1938
• Still Stands the House, Playmakers Theatre in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1938
• Pasque Flower, University of North Carolina, 1939
• The Days May Be Long, Unproduced, 1940
• Red Flag at Evening, University of Alberta Extension Department, Edmonton, 1940
• Saturday Night, University of Alberta Extension Department, Edmonton, 1940
• The Courting of Marie Jenvrin, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1941
• Christmas 1943, University Women's Club, Edmonton, 1943
• The Rainmaker, 1944
• The Jack and the Joker, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1944
• Dark Harvest, University of Manitoba Dramatic Society, Winnipeg, 1945
• Stampede, Alberta Folklore and Local History Project, 1945
• Hatfield, the Rainmaker Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1945
• Drowning at Wasyl Nemitchuck, The (A Fine Coloured Easter Egg), Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1946
• Oh Canada, My Country, Edmonton, (1948 – 1951?)
• Widger's Way, University of Alberta, 1952
• Lament for Harmonica (Maya) Ottawa Little Theatre 1959
• Look Behind You, Neighbour, City of Edson, Alberta, 1961
• Lion and the Mouse, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake, B.C, 1964
• The Sleeping Beauty, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake, 1965
• The Three Wishes, Williams Lake School, 1965
• The Road Runs North, Williams Lake Junior High School, Williams Lake, 1967
• Encounters, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1970
• The Deep Has Many Voices, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1971
• The Stranger, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1971
• The Golden Goose, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake 1973
• A Remembrance of Miracles, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1975
• Lament for harmonica (1975)
• The Lodge, West Vancouver Little Theatre 1976
• Ludmilla's Odyssey
• The Magic Carpets of Antonio Angelini, St. Boniface Theatre Company, Winnipeg 1976
• Mirage, University of Saskatchewan, 1979