Anne Chislett | |
|---|---|
| Born | Margaret Anne Chislett December 22, 1942 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)