John Murrell

James Dugan (University of Calgary)

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 15 Oct 1945
Died 11 Nov 2019
Activity 1977-2019

Places

Born in United States
Active in Canada

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist
Theatre Director

Resources

Murrell's Works

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John Murrell was born in 1945 in the United States and was one of the most successful playwrights in Canada, with a long record of plays continuously produced and continuously in print. He served as Playwright in Residence for both Alberta Theatre Projects (1975-76) and Theatre Calgary (1981-82), as Associate Director of the Stratford Festival of Canada (1977-78), as Head of the Banff School of Fine Arts (later the Banff Centre for the Arts) Playwrights Colony (1986-89), as Head of the Theatre Section of the Canada Council for the Arts (1988-92), and currently as Artistic Director/Executive Producer of Theatre Arts at the Banff Centre. He received the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts, has been presented with the Alberta Order of Excellence, and has been appointed…

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Citation: Dugan, James. "John Murrell". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 May 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5309, accessed 17 October 2024.]

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