Sharon Pollock

Sherrill Grace (University of British Columbia)

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 19 Apr 1934
Died 22 Apr 2021
Activity 1965-2017

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist
Teacher/ Professor
Theatre actor
Theatre Director
Theatre Manager

Resources

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Sharon Pollock was a modern Canadian playwright with twenty-two published plays that have been produced across Canada as well as in the United States, England, Japan, Australia, and Europe. She was an accomplished actor, director, and theatre administrator with extensive experience as an artistic director, theatre manager, and adjudicator. Her international reputation to date is based on the teaching and production of

Walsh

(1973) and on

Blood Relations

(1981), which received a major new production in the 2003 season at Canada’s prestigious Shaw Festival. Pollock wrote award-winning plays for radio, television, and children’s theatre. Chief among her numerous awards are two Governor General’s Awards for Drama (for

Blood Relations

in 1981 and

Doc

in 1986), three honorary…

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Citation: Grace, Sherrill. "Sharon Pollock". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 April 2004; last revised 09 July 2022. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3593, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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