Anne Chislett

Anne Chislett
Born Margaret Anne Chislett
December 22, 1942
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Occupation playwright
Nationality Canadian
Period 1970s-present
Notable works Quiet in the Land, The Tomorrow Box

Anne Chislett (born December 22, 1942 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador)[1] is a Canadian playwright.

Biography

Raised in her hometown, 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Anne Chislett in W. H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619. p. 204.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Anne Chislett. Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, April 28, 2010.

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