| 词条 | Peter Cureton |
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| name = Peter Cureton | birth_name = | birth_date = 1965 | birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario | death_date = {{death date and given age|1994|3|2|28}} | death_place = Ottawa | occupation = Actor, playwright | nationality = Canadian | notableworks = Passages | website = }}Peter Cureton (1965 – March 2, 1994) was a Canadian actor and playwright.[1] He was best known for his 1993 play Passages, an autobiographical show about living with HIV/AIDS.[2] Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Cureton was a cousin of actor R. H. Thomson.[1] He attended high school at Lisgar Collegiate Institute, and later studied drama at Concordia University.[3] He acted in theatre roles in both Ottawa and Montreal, including productions of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap,[3] Jack Todd's The Day Luzinski Stole Home[4] and William Mastrosimone's Shivaree,[5] participated in Montreal's first bilingual theatresports competition,[6] and appeared in the television film The Boys of St. Vincent as Brother Peter.[3] Diagnosed HIV-positive in 1988 while acting in The Mousetrap,[3] he also worked as an HIV educator.[3] Passages premiered in Montreal in 1993, with Cureton as the director of the inaugural production.[2] The cast included Joe de Paul, Susan Glover, Lisa Bronwyn Moore, Patrick Brosseau and Pauline Little.[2] The play was favourably reviewed, with Montreal Gazette theatre critic Pat Donnelly writing that "it should be a kickoff, not a swan song".[2]Cureton died on March 2, 1994, aged 28, at his family's home in Ottawa,[2] while working on a planned production of Passages in Toronto.[3] References1. ^1 "Actor-playwright Peter Cureton, 28". Montreal Gazette, March 8, 1994. {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cureton, Peter}}2. ^1 2 3 4 "Passages is eloquent adieu by writer with AIDS". Montreal Gazette, October 22, 1993. 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 "Actor, AIDS educator Peter Cureton dead at 28". Ottawa Citizen, March 7, 1994. 4. ^"Stage struck; But new bard cautious so he'll keep his day job". Montreal Gazette, May 14, 1992. 5. ^"Foolhouse Theatre troope shines in Shivaree". Montreal Gazette, February 13, 1991. 6. ^"Anglophones face off against French in Quebec improvisational theatre". Ottawa Citizen, March 16, 1991. 21 : 1965 births|1994 deaths|20th-century Canadian male actors|20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights|Canadian male stage actors|Canadian male television actors|Canadian male dramatists and playwrights|Gay actors|Gay writers|LGBT entertainers from Canada|LGBT writers from Canada|LGBT dramatists and playwrights|Male actors from Ottawa|Male actors from Montreal|Writers from Ottawa|Writers from Montreal|Concordia University alumni|AIDS-related deaths in Canada|Canadian theatre directors|20th-century Canadian male writers|Lisgar Collegiate Institute |
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