Anne Chislett

Anne Chislett
Born
Margaret Anne Chislett

(1942-12-22) December 22, 1942 (age 83)
St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland
Occupationplaywright
Writing career
Period1970s–present
Notable worksQuiet in the Land, The Tomorrow Box

Anne Chislett (born December 22, 1942) 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. She taught high school English and drama in Ontario before becoming a full-time playwright in 1980. Chislett is a co-founder of the Blyth Festival and was its artistic director from 1998 to 2002.

Among her most famous pieces are The Tomorrow Box (1980) and Quiet in the Land (1981). Quiet in the Land won both the Governor General's Award for Drama and the Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1983. Her 1996 play Flippin' In won the Chalmers Canadian Play Award for Young Audiences. 2000's Not Quite the Same was nominated for both Dora Mavor Moore and Chalmers awards. Her works Yankee Notions and Venus Sucked In: A Post-Feminist Comedy were performed on the CBC Radio program Morningside.

Chislett is on the advisory board of the Playwrights Guild of Canada.

Bibliography

(Note: dates are of first productions)

References

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