Gwen Pharis Ringwood
Canadian playwright (1910–1984)
Gwen Pharis Ringwood (August 13, 1910 Anatone, Washington – May 24, 1984 Williams Lake, British Columbia ) was a Canadian playwright.
Life
She graduated from the University of Alberta . She worked part-time as a secretary for Elizabeth Sterling Haynes , and then working at the Banff Centre for the Arts as registrar.[ 1] She studied playwriting at University of North Carolina .[citation needed ]
The theatre in Williams Lake ,[ 2] and an award for drama, given by the Writers' Guild of Alberta , are named for her.[ 3] [ 4]
Her papers are held at University of Calgary .[ 5]
Awards
Books
Younger Brother , Longmans, Green, 1959
The Collected Plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood. Ed: Enid Delgatty Rutland. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1982. ISBN 978-0-88887-956-1
The Gwen Pharis Ringwood Papers , Marlys Chevrefils, Shirley A. Onn, and Apollonia Steele, editors, February 1988, ISBN 0-919813-60-7 [ 6]
Plays
The Dragons of Kent , Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1935
Chris Axelson, Blacksmith , University of North Carolina, 1938
One Man's House , University of North Carolina, 1938
Still Stands the House , Playmakers Theatre in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1938
Pasque Flower , University of North Carolina, 1939
The Days May Be Long , Unproduced, 1940
Red Flag at Evening , University of Alberta Extension Department, Edmonton, 1940
Saturday Night , University of Alberta Extension Department, Edmonton, 1940
The Courting of Marie Jenvrin , Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1941
Christmas 1943 , University Women's Club, Edmonton, 1943
The Rainmaker , 1944
The Jack and the Joker , Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1944
Dark Harvest , University of Manitoba Dramatic Society, Winnipeg, 1945
Stampede , Alberta Folklore and Local History Project, 1945
Hatfield, the Rainmaker Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1945
Drowning at Wasyl Nemitchuck, The (A Fine Coloured Easter Egg) , Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1946
Oh Canada, My Country , Edmonton, (1948 – 1951?)
Widger's Way , University of Alberta, 1952
Lament for Harmonica (Maya) Ottawa Little Theatre 1959
Look Behind You, Neighbour , City of Edson, Alberta, 1961
Lion and the Mouse , Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake, B.C, 1964
The Sleeping Beauty , Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake, 1965
The Three Wishes , Williams Lake School, 1965
The Road Runs North , Williams Lake Junior High School, Williams Lake, 1967
Encounters , Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1970
The Deep Has Many Voices , Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1971
The Stranger , Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1971
The Golden Goose , Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake 1973
A Remembrance of Miracles , Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1975
Lament for harmonica (1975)
The Lodge , West Vancouver Little Theatre 1976
Ludmilla's Odyssey
The Magic Carpets of Antonio Angelini , St. Boniface Theatre Company, Winnipeg 1976
Mirage , University of Saskatchewan, 1979
References
Kevin De Ornellas, "Gwen Pharis Ringwood". In Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn, eds, The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, 2 volumes (Columbia University Press, 2007), volume 2, pp. 1139-40. ISBN 9780231140324 .
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