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He graduated from the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, and worked in Hollywood for several years before returning to Canada in 1981. He then served for many years as the literary manager, dramaturge and occasional lyricist and assistant director at the Stratford Festival.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/7107 | title = Elliott Hayes production credits | website = Stratford Festival Archives | access-date = 2019-06-02}}</ref>
He graduated from the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, and worked in Hollywood for several years before returning to Canada in 1981. He then served for many years as the literary manager, dramaturge and occasional lyricist and assistant director at the Stratford Festival.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/7107 | title = Elliott Hayes production credits | website = Stratford Festival Archives | access-date = 2019-06-02}}</ref>


His career was brief but produced several important works, including short stories, novels, poems and plays. In a [[Globe and Mail]] feature published just over a month before his death, journalist [[Val Ross]] wrote "Elliott Hayes [...] is emerging as one of Canada's most successful playwrights".<ref name=ross>{{Citation|last=Ross|first=Val|title=Bound for success|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=13 January 1994|page=C1}}</ref> His most produced work, ''[[Homeward Bound (play)|Homeward Bound]]'', was noted by author [[Margaret Atwood]] as "a brisk, intricate, and tightly-strung play with a lot of laughter", and by Canadian journalist [[Richard Ouzounian]] as "one of the greatest plays that anybody has written in this country in my lifetime".<ref>{{cite news | author=Richard Ouzounian | title=No one has come by to rival Elliott Hayes | publisher=[[Toronto Star]] | page= H13 | date=28 February 2004 }}</ref> It was first produced at the [[Stratford Festival]] and has since been performed across [[Canada]] and the [[United States]].<ref>[http://www.goliveto.ca/golive/detail/143 goliveTO<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.alumnaetheatre.com/homeward.html Homeward Bound<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hayes-elliott.html Elliott Hayes - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.seemagazine.com/Issues/2003/0327/stage3.htm SEE Magazine: March 27, 2003<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
His career was brief but produced several important works, including short stories, novels, poems and plays. His most produced work, ''[[Homeward Bound (play)|Homeward Bound]]'', was noted by author [[Margaret Atwood]] as "a brisk, intricate, and tightly-strung play with a lot of laughter", and by Canadian journalist [[Richard Ouzounian]] as "one of the greatest plays that anybody has written in this country in my lifetime".<ref>{{cite news | author=Richard Ouzounian | title=No one has come by to rival Elliott Hayes | publisher=[[Toronto Star]] | page= H13 | date=28 February 2004 }}</ref> It was first produced at the [[Stratford Festival]] and has since been performed across [[Canada]] and the [[United States]].<ref>[http://www.goliveto.ca/golive/detail/143 goliveTO<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.alumnaetheatre.com/homeward.html Homeward Bound<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hayes-elliott.html Elliott Hayes - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.seemagazine.com/Issues/2003/0327/stage3.htm SEE Magazine: March 27, 2003<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In a [[Globe and Mail]] feature published just over a month before his death entitled "Bound for success", journalist [[Val Ross]] wrote that Hayes "is emerging as one of Canada's most successful playwrights".<ref name=ross>{{Citation|last=Ross|first=Val|title=Bound for success|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=13 January 1994|page=C1}}</ref>


After his death in 1994, the Festival created the Elliott Hayes Award, a prize in Dramaturgy sponsored by the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lmda.org/elliott-hayes-award-outstanding-achievement-dramaturgy |title=Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy |website= Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas |access-date= 3 June 2019}}</ref>
The Elliott Hayes Award, which recognizes high achievement in dramaturgical work, has been awarded annually by the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas since 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lmda.org/elliott-hayes-award-outstanding-achievement-dramaturgy |title=Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy |website= Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas |access-date= 3 June 2019}}</ref>.


==Works==
==Works==

Revision as of 16:01, 4 June 2019

Elliott Hayes
BornJune 22, 1956
Stratford, Ontario
DiedFebruary 28, 1994(1994-02-28) (aged 37)
Fairview, Ontario
OccupationPlaywright
NationalityCanadian
Genreplays, poetry, novels, short stories

Elliott Hayes (June 22, 1956 – February 28, 1994) was a rising Canadian playwright when he was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver.[1][2]

Elliott Hayes was born in Stratford, Ontario to a theatrical family, the grandson of classical actor George Hayes and the son of John Sullivan Hayes, one of the original company members of the Stratford Festival.

He graduated from the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, and worked in Hollywood for several years before returning to Canada in 1981. He then served for many years as the literary manager, dramaturge and occasional lyricist and assistant director at the Stratford Festival.[3]

His career was brief but produced several important works, including short stories, novels, poems and plays. His most produced work, Homeward Bound, was noted by author Margaret Atwood as "a brisk, intricate, and tightly-strung play with a lot of laughter", and by Canadian journalist Richard Ouzounian as "one of the greatest plays that anybody has written in this country in my lifetime".[4] It was first produced at the Stratford Festival and has since been performed across Canada and the United States.[5][6][7][8] In a Globe and Mail feature published just over a month before his death entitled "Bound for success", journalist Val Ross wrote that Hayes "is emerging as one of Canada's most successful playwrights".[9]

The Elliott Hayes Award, which recognizes high achievement in dramaturgical work, has been awarded annually by the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas since 1999.[10].

Works

References

  1. ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR119181.html?categoryid=25&cs=1
  2. ^ "Playwright held post at Stratford Festival", The Globe and Mail, p. C5, 2 March 1994
  3. ^ "Elliott Hayes production credits". Stratford Festival Archives. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  4. ^ Richard Ouzounian (28 February 2004). "No one has come by to rival Elliott Hayes". Toronto Star. p. H13.
  5. ^ goliveTO
  6. ^ Homeward Bound
  7. ^ Elliott Hayes - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays
  8. ^ SEE Magazine: March 27, 2003
  9. ^ Ross, Val (13 January 1994), "Bound for success", The Globe and Mail, p. C1
  10. ^ "Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy". Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. Retrieved 3 June 2019.



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