Maureen Hunter (playwright)

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Maureen Hunter (* 1948 in Indian Head / Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian writer.

Hunter studied at the University of Saskatchewan until 1970 . She then worked as a reporter for the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , the Winnipeg Tribune and the Southam chain . Since the early 1980s she has mainly worked as a playwright.

Her play Transit of Venus premiered in 1992 at the Manitoba Theater Center under the direction of Larry Desrochers . It was then taken over by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK and recorded for the BBC . The world premiere of Atlantis followed in 1996 under the direction of Steven Schipper . It has been played many times in Canada and has been nominated for the Governor General's Award .

Hunter later arranged Transit of Venus as the libretto for the Manitoba Opera , and in 1998 John Mills-Cockell composed music for the theater of Atlantis . For Footprints on the Moon , Hunter received the 1995 Labatt Award for Best Canadian Play.

Works

  • I Met a Bully on the Hill (with Martha Brooks ), WP 1987
  • Footprints on the Moon , UA 1988
  • Beautiful Lake Winnipeg , UA 1990
  • Transit of Venus , UA 1992
  • Atlantis , UA 1996
  • Vinci , UA 2002
  • Wild Mouth , UA 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Maureen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian playwright
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Indian Head , Saskatchewan