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Elliott Hayes
Elliott Hayes was born in Stratford,
Ontario in 1956. A graduate of the Old Vic Theatre School (Bristol),
Elliott worked in Hollywood for several years before returning to Canada
in 1981 where he served as the Stratford Festival’s literary manager,
dramaturge and occasional lyricist and assistant director. Elliott Hayes
died in a car accident in 1994. The Elliott Hayes Award was created
in his honour, and is a prize in Dramaturgy given by The Literary Managers
and Dramaturgs of the Americas.
His career was brief but produced
several important works, including short stories, novels, poems and
plays, the most notable being Homeward Bound which has been presented
to resounding success across the country (premiering at Stratford in
1991). It is a tribute to his parents, both of whom died in 1993.
Other plays include: Blake
(with music by Loreena McKennitt, Stratford, 1983), Happily Ever
After (Solar Stage, 1993), Hard Hearts (Oldcastle Theatre,
Bennington, Vermont, 1993), Life on Mars (Solar Stage, 1993),
and World of Wonders (adapted from Robertson Davies, Stratford,
directed by Richard Rose, 1992).
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