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Drama Canadian

Beat the Sunset

by (author) Michael Lewis MacLennan

Publisher
Playwrights Canada Press
Initial publish date
Feb 1998
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887545498
    Publish Date
    Feb 1998
    List Price
    $14.95

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Born in Vancouver, Michael Lewis MacLennan now divides his time between Toronto, Vancouver, and Los Angeles, working as a playwright, screenwriter, and TV producer. He is a two-time finalist for Canadaâ??s Governor Generalâ??s Literary Award, and the only playwright to win the Herman Voaden National Playwriting Award twice. His first play, Beat the Sunset, garnered Vancouverâ??s Jessie Richardson Award for outstanding emerging playwright and was the winner of the Theatrum National Playwriting Competition. Grace won the Theatre BC National Playwriting Competition and has been produced across Canada and internationally. His next two plays The Shooting Stage and Last Romantics both won the Voaden Prize and were Governor General Award nominees. As a screenwriter, Michael has been nominated five times for the Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award. He was co-executive producer of Queer as Folk, and executive producer and creator of both Godivaâ??s and the new series jPod, based on Douglas Couplandâ??s novel.

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