Ann Lambert
{{Short description|Canadian playwright and author}}
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Ann Lambert (born 1957) is a Montreal-based Canadian playwright and author. Her plays include Force of Circumstance, Parallel Lines and Very Heaven. Her debut novel, The Birds That Stay, was published in 2019. She also teaches at Dawson College.
Early life
Lambert was born in 1957 and was raised in West Island, Quebec.{{Cite web|last1=Charlebois|first1=Gaetan|last2=Nothof|first2=Anne|date=April 16, 2019|title=Lambert, Ann|url=http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Lambert,%20Ann|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 17, 2020|website=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia}}
Career
In 2019, Lambert along with Danielle Szydlowski, Laura Mitchell, and Lambert's daughter, Alice Abracen, founded the intergenerational women's collective, Théâtre Ouest End.{{Cite news|last=Steuter-Martin|first=Marilla|date=March 17, 2019|title=Mother-daughter duo team up with old friends to spark theatre in city's west end|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre-ouest-end-1.5059781|access-date=November 17, 2020}}
Lambert's first novel, a murder-mystery titled The Birds That Stay, was published in 2019 by Second Story Press. She released its sequel, The Dogs of Winter, in 2020.
Lambert retired in 2020 from teaching at Dawson College in Montreal.{{Cite web|last=Solomon|first=Heather|date=April 19, 2019|title=Théâtre Ouest End points to community inclusion|url=https://www.cjnews.com/culture/entertainment/theatre-ouest-end-points-to-community-inclusion|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 17, 2020|website=The Canadian Jewish News|language=en-US}}
Works
= Plays =
- The Wall
- Force of Circumstance
- Parallel Lines
- The Pilgrimage
- Self Offense
- Very Heaven
- The Assumption of Empire
= Novels =
- The Birds That Stay (2019){{Cite web|last=McGillis|first=Ian|date=May 19, 2019|title=Playwright Ann Lambert shows a flair for newly adopted genre|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/arts/playwright-ann-lambert-shows-a-flair-for-newly-adopted-genre|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 17, 2020|website=Montreal Gazette|language=en-CA}}
- The Dogs of Winter (2020){{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Nick|date=November 14, 2020|title=Chills aplenty in Interlake thriller|work=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/chills-aplenty-in-interlake-thriller-573073782.html|access-date=November 17, 2020}}
Personal life
External links
- [http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Lambert,%20Ann The Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia]
- [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsL/lambert-ann.html The Playwrights Database]
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Category:Canadian women dramatists and playwrights
Category:Writers from Montreal
Category:Academic staff of Dawson College
Category:20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights