George Boyd (playwright)
George Boyd | |
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| Born | 30 June 1952 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | 7 July 2020 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, news anchor |
George Elroy Boyd (June 30, 1952 – July 7, 2020) was a
Biography
One of a family of nine, of seventh-generation Empire Loyalist stock, Boyd was born and raised in
In 1988, with his debut play, Shine Boy, Boyd became the first indigenous African-Nova Scotian to have a play professionally produced at
A recipient of numerous awards from his native Nova Scotia, in 2000, his play Consecrated Ground was nominated for a
Wade in the Water, produced by the Black Theatre Workshop of Montreal in 2004, and Centaur Theatre in 2005, garnered Boyd a nomination for the Montreal English Critics Circle Award (MECCA).
More recently his play Gideon's Blues was adapted into an hour-long TV drama called The Gospel According to the Blues, directed by Thom Fitzgerald for Emotion Pictures.[2]
Boyd resided in Montreal. His 2009 play, Le Code Noir, about the life of 18th-century composer
One of Boyd's last works was tentatively entitled The Days Of Douglass, and regarded the final days in the life of Frederick Douglass.[3]
Boyd died July 7, 2020, in Montreal, Quebec.[4]
Bibliography
- Two by George! Consecrated Ground and Gideon's Blues (1996)
- Consecrated Ground (1999)
- Gideon's Blues (2004)
- Wade in the Water (2005)
References
- ^ Patil, Anjuli (July 25, 2020). "George Elroy Boyd, Canada's first Black national news anchor, dies at 68". CBC.ca. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- Canadian Press, May 10, 2010.
- ^ http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/pgc/c_playwright.asp?codein=3C62723E3C62723E3C62723E313437303C62723E353135363C62723E George Boyd - Playwrights Guild of Canada][dead link]
- ^ "George Elroy Boyd". Halifax Chronicle-Herald. July 25, 2020. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
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