Gwen Pharis Ringwood
{{Short description|Canadian playwright (1910–1984)}}
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|birth_date={{birth date|1910|8|13}}
|birth_place=Anatone, Washington, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1984|5|24|1910|8|13}}
|death_place=Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
|occupation=Playwright
|nationality=Canadian
|alma_mater=University of Alberta
|awards=Governor General's Award (1941)
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Gwen Pharis Ringwood (August 13, 1910 Anatone, Washington – May 24, 1984 Williams Lake, British Columbia) was a Canadian playwright.
Life
She graduated from the University of Alberta. She worked part-time as a secretary for Elizabeth Sterling Haynes, and then working at the Banff Centre for the Arts as registrar.{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Ringwood%2C%20Gwen%20Pharis|title = Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia}} She studied playwriting at University of North Carolina.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
The theatre in Williams Lake,https://www.facebook.com/pages/Williams-Lake-Studio-Theatre/205963635744?v=info {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}} and an award for drama, given by the Writers' Guild of Alberta, are named for her.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chbooks.com/news/karen_hines_wins_gwen_pharis_ringwood_award |title=Karen Hines wins the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award! | Coach House Books |access-date=23 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617011905/http://www.chbooks.com/news/karen_hines_wins_gwen_pharis_ringwood_award |archive-date=17 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.playwrightscanada.com/plcn/gwen_pharis_ringwood_award.html |title=Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama from the Alberta Literary Awards |access-date=23 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923094529/http://playwrightscanada.com/plcn/gwen_pharis_ringwood_award.html |archive-date=23 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Her papers are held at University of Calgary.{{Cite web|url=http://specialcollections.ucalgary.ca/manuscript-collections/literary-and-art-archives-canadian/-gwen-pharis-ringwood-fonds|title=Archives & Special Collections | Archives and Special Collections}}
Awards
Books
- Younger Brother, Longmans, Green, 1959
- The Collected Plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood. Ed: Enid Delgatty Rutland. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-88887-956-1}}
- The Gwen Pharis Ringwood Papers, Marlys Chevrefils, Shirley A. Onn, and Apollonia Steele, editors, February 1988, {{ISBN|0-919813-60-7}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/up/0-919813/0-919813-60-7.html|title=University of Calgary Press|date=28 June 2018}}
Plays
- The Dragons of Kent, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1935
- Chris Axelson, Blacksmith, University of North Carolina, 1938
- One Man's House, University of North Carolina, 1938
- Still Stands the House, Playmakers Theatre in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1938
- Pasque Flower, University of North Carolina, 1939
- The Days May Be Long, Unproduced, 1940
- Red Flag at Evening, University of Alberta Extension Department, Edmonton, 1940
- Saturday Night, University of Alberta Extension Department, Edmonton, 1940
- The Courting of Marie Jenvrin, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1941
- Christmas 1943, University Women's Club, Edmonton, 1943
- The Rainmaker, 1944
- The Jack and the Joker, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1944
- Dark Harvest, University of Manitoba Dramatic Society, Winnipeg, 1945
- Stampede, Alberta Folklore and Local History Project, 1945
- Hatfield, the Rainmaker Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1945
- Drowning at Wasyl Nemitchuck, The (A Fine Coloured Easter Egg), Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1946
- Oh Canada, My Country, Edmonton, (1948 – 1951?)
- Widger's Way, University of Alberta, 1952
- Lament for Harmonica (Maya) Ottawa Little Theatre 1959
- Look Behind You, Neighbour, City of Edson, Alberta, 1961
- Lion and the Mouse, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake, B.C, 1964
- The Sleeping Beauty, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake, 1965
- The Three Wishes, Williams Lake School, 1965
- The Road Runs North, Williams Lake Junior High School, Williams Lake, 1967
- Encounters, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1970
- The Deep Has Many Voices, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1971
- The Stranger, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1971
- The Golden Goose, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake 1973
- A Remembrance of Miracles, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1975
- Lament for harmonica (1975)
- The Lodge, West Vancouver Little Theatre 1976
- Ludmilla's Odyssey
- The Magic Carpets of Antonio Angelini, St. Boniface Theatre Company, Winnipeg 1976
- Mirage, University of Saskatchewan, 1979
References
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- Kevin De Ornellas, "Gwen Pharis Ringwood". In Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn, eds, The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, 2 volumes (Columbia University Press, 2007), volume 2, pp. 1139-40. {{ISBN|9780231140324}}.
External links
- [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/ringwood-gwen-pharis.html "Gwen Pharis Ringwood", doollee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607084850/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/ringwood-gwen-pharis.html |date=7 June 2011 }}
- [http://lib.unb.ca/Texts/TRIC/bin/get.cgi?directory=vol3_1/&filename=Wagner_Review.htm "GERALDINE ANTHONY, "Gwen Pharis Ringwood." Boston, Twayne Publishers, 1981.", Theater Research in Canada, Anton Wagner, 2005]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100202210503/http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006844 Gwendolyn Ringwood entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia]
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Category:University of Alberta alumni
Category:Canadian women dramatists and playwrights
Category:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
Category:20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights