Eugene Stickland

James McKinnon (Victoria University of Wellington)

Ed. by Glen Nichols, Mount Allison University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 24 Sep 1956
Activity 1980-ongoing

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Other

Teacher/ Professor

Resources

Stickland's Works

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Eugene Stickland is a contemporary Canadian playwright of several widely-produced plays, most notably

Some Assembly Required

(1994),

Sitting on Paradise

(1996),

A Guide to Mourning

(1998),

Midlife

(2002), and

All Clear

(2004), all of which premiered at Alberta Theatre Projects'

playRites

festival in Calgary, Alberta. He has written at least 14 plays since 1984, in a variety of dramatic genres and formats. He is also a prominent teacher and mentor, who leads playwriting workshops and writers' circles across Canada and the United States. His best-known work,

Some Assembly Required

, was a finalist for the Governor-General's Literary Award in 1995, and has had over 30 productions; in 2000 it was translated into French as

Noel de force

by René Gingras. Another play,

Excavations

,…

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Citation: McKinnon, James. "Eugene Stickland". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 03 April 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11702, accessed 24 November 2024.]