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Canadian playwright
Florence Gibson MacDonald
BornFlorence MacDonald
NationalityCanadian
Occupationplaywright
Years active1990s-present
Notable workBelle, Home Is My Road

Florence Gibson MacDonald is a Canadian playwright. She is best known for her plays Belle, which was a finalist for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 2000 and a winner of the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 2001, and Home Is My Road, which won the Carol Bolt Award in 2004.

Her other plays have included Missing, i think i can, How Do I Love Thee?, Augury and Love Handles, as well as radio plays for CBC Radio.

Formerly a medical doctor, Gibson wrote several short plays which were produced on the fringe festival circuit before her success with Belle, her first full-length play. She then devoted herself to full-time writing.

References

  1. ^ "Relocated playwright enjoying Thornhill". Yorkregion.com, May 7, 2013.
  2. "Weird Doras in a strange season: Prizes notable for omissions as much as for those that won". National Post, June 27, 2000.
  3. "Chalmers reinvents arts awards". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 2001.
  4. "Belle: the hit play that almost wasn't: The path to artistic success is often strewn with heartbreak and rejection. Just ask Florence Gibson". National Post, March 4, 2000.
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