Anne Chislett

Anne Chislett (born December 22, 1942)^[1] is a Canadian playwright.

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

(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)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Anne Chislett at the Playwrights Guild of Canada