Carol Bolt (August 25, 1941 – November 28, 2000)[1] was a Canadian playwright. She was a founding member and, for several years, president of the Playwrights Union of Canada.
Carol Bolt | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 25, 1941 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Died | November 28, 2000 (aged 59) Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | playwright |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1970s–1990s |
| Notable works | One Night Stand, Buffalo Jump |
Career
editBolt's play Buffalo Jump, an examination of Canada during the depression era of the 1930s, was performed at Theatre Passe Muraille in 1972.[2]
Bolt's best known play, the thriller One Night Stand, was first performed in 1977,[3] and was turned into a made-for-television film by Allan King in 1978; the film won several awards,[4] and received mixed reviews. [5][6][7] Her play Red Emma, told the story of radical anarchist Emma Goldman. Her last play was Famous, produced on stage in 1997, based on the real-life story of criminals Paul Bernardo and Karla Holmolka.[8]
For television, Bolt's writing credits include Tales of the Klondike, two episodes of the animated children's series The Raccoons, and a single episode of Fraggle Rock.
Bolt died of complications due to liver cancer on November 28, 2000, in Toronto, Ontario.[9] Following her death, the Canadian Authors Association renamed its CAA Award for Drama to the Carol Bolt Award in her memory; the award is now administered by the Playwrights Guild of Canada.
Works
edit- Plays
- Buffalo Jump (1972)
- My Best Friend Is Twelve Feet High (1972)
- Cyclone Jack (1972)
- Gabe (1973)
- Pauline (1973)
- Red Emma, Queen of the Anarchists (1974)
- Shelter (1975)
- Maurice (1975)
- Finding Bumble (1975)
- One Night Stand (1977)
- Desperados (1977)
- Escape Entertainment (1981)
- Love or Money (1981)
- Famous (1997)
- Books
- Drama in the Classroom (1986)
Archives
editThere is a Carol Bolt fond at Library and Archives Canada.[10] The archival reference number is R4602, former archival reference number MG31-D89.[11] The fond covers the date range 1961 to 2000. It consists of 12.82 meters of textual records, 100 photographs and other media.
References
edit- ^ "Carol Bolt". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ Cynthia Zimmerman (September 1994). Playwriting Women: Female Voices in English Canada. Dundurn. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-88924-258-6.
- ^ "A "One Night Stand" to forget". by Peter Hendra, Kingston Whig-Standard, February 25, 2016
- ^ "Allan King's documentaries spoke to the human condition". The Globe and Mail, Sandra Martin, June 15, 2009
- ^ "FILM: 'ONE NIGHT STAND,' ROMANCE-CUM-THRILLER". New York Times, Apr 29, 1982. Janet Maslin
- ^ André Loiselle (16 October 2003). Stage-Bound: Feature Film Adaptations of Canadian and QuŽbŽcois Drama. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-7735-7146-4.
- ^ "Thriller that fails to thrill not totally beyond redemption". The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Canada. February 21, 1980, Page 32
- ^ "VIOLENT WOMEN: THE BERNARDO/HOMOLKA CASE IN FAMOUS BY CAROL BOLT AND PAUL'S CASE BY LYNN CROSBIE". Shelley Scott. Theatre Research in Canada, Volume 22 Number 1 / Spring 2001
- ^ "Playwright befriended writers and students". The Eye Opener, January 17, 2001. By Kevin Ritchie
- ^ "Carol Bolt finding aid at Library and Archives Canada" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-03-31. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ^ "Carol Bolt fond description at Library and Archives Canada". Archived from the original on 2020-07-13. Retrieved July 13, 2020.