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Bryden MacDonald
Canadian playwright (born 1960)
Bryden MacDonald (born October 30, 1960, in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia)[1] is a Canadian playwright.
His best known plays include Whale Riding Weather, which was a nominated for the Governor General's Award for English drama at the 1994 Governor General's Awards, and With Bated Breath, which was a shortlisted nominee in the Drama category at the 2011 Lambda Literary Awards.[2] His other plays include The Weekend Healer (1994), Divinity Bash / nine lives (1998) and The Extasy of Bedridden Riding Hood (2004). He was nominated again for the Governor General's Award for English drama for Odd Ducks (2015),[3][4] He has also helmed musical tributes to Leonard Cohen (Sincerely, A Friend, 1991), Carole Pope and Rough Trade (Shaking the Foundations, 1999) and Joni Mitchell (When All the Slaves Are Free, 2003).[1]
MacDonald is also a theatre director, most noted for his productions of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw and Judith Thompson's Perfect Pie.[3] He has taught at the National Theatre School of Canada, and served as playwright in residence at the Stratford Festival.[1]
