词条 | Bryden MacDonald |
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Bryden MacDonald (born October 30, 1960 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia)[1] is a Canadian playwright. His best known plays include Whale Riding Weather, which was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English drama at the 1994 Governor General's Awards, and With Bated Breath, which was a shortlisted nominee in the Drama category at the 2011 Lambda Literary Awards.[2] His other plays include The Weekend Healer (1994), Divinity Bash / nine lives (1998), The Extasy of Bedridden Riding Hood (2004), and Odd Ducks (2015; GG finalist),[3][3][4] as well as musical tributes to Leonard Cohen (Sincerely, A Friend, 1991), Carole Pope and Rough Trade (Shaking the Foundations, 1999) and Joni Mitchell (When All the Slaves Are Free, 2003).[1] MacDonald is also a theatre director, most noted for his productions of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw and Judith Thompson's Perfect Pie.[3] He has taught at the National Theatre School of Canada, and served as playwright in residence at the Stratford Festival.[1] He is openly gay.[3] References1. ^1 2 Bryden MacDonald {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022060618/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/bryden-macdonald |date=October 22, 2012 }} at The Canadian Encyclopedia. {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Bryden}}{{Canada-playwright-stub}}2. ^23rd Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary Foundation. 3. ^1 2 3 Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn, The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama: M-Z, Volume 2 (p. 843). Columbia University Press, 2007. {{ISBN|9780231144247}}. 4. ^"MacDonald tries out a lighter touch". The Chronicle-Herald, September 20, 2012. 15 : 1960 births|Canadian theatre directors|LGBT directors|LGBT writers from Canada|Gay writers|People from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia|Writers from Nova Scotia|Living people|National Theatre School of Canada faculty|20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights|21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights|LGBT dramatists and playwrights|Canadian male dramatists and playwrights|20th-century Canadian male writers|21st-century Canadian male writers |
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