Gwen Pharis Ringwood

Gwen Pharis Ringwood (13 August 1910 Anatone, Washington – 24 May 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.[1] She studied playwriting at University of North Carolina.[2]

The theatre in Williams Lake,[3] and an award for drama, given by the Writers' Guild of Alberta, are named for her.[4][5]

Her papers are held at University of Calgary.[6]

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 [7]

Plays
  • The Dragons of Kent, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1935
  • Chris Axelson, Blacksmith, University of North Carolina, 1938
  • Still Stands the House (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
  1. http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Ringwood%2C%20Gwen%20Pharis
  2. http://www.jrank.org/literature/pages/8585/Gwen-Pharis-Ringwood.html
  3. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Williams-Lake-Studio-Theatre/205963635744?v=info
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://specialcollections.ucalgary.ca/manuscript-collections/literary-and-art-archives-canadian/-gwen-pharis-ringwood-fonds
  7. https://www.ucalgary.ca/up/0-919813/0-919813-60-7.html
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