Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award
Awarded forLiterary award for Toronto theatre
Country Canada
Presented byOntario Arts Council
First awarded1979
Last awarded2001
WebsiteThe Chalmers Awards for Creativity and Excellence in the Arts (discontinued)

The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award was a Canadian literary award given to Canadian plays produced by any professional Canadian theatre company, and having performances in the Toronto area.[1]

The prize had a monetary value of $25,000, and was named for benefactor Floyd Chalmers, an editor and publisher.[2]

From the award's inception until 1980, one play was named the winner of the award, except for a tie in 1977. In 1980, the award began honouring multiple plays. That year, five winners were named. Since then, four plays normally won the award each year. In 1983, a youth theatre prize was added alongside the general theatre category.

The award was one of several arts awards created by the Chalmers family of Toronto. In 2001 the award was presented for the final time,[3] and in 2002 the Chalmers family endowed an Ontario Arts Council fund for two arts grant programs.[4]

Winners

Year General theatre Youth theatre
1973[1]
  • David Freeman, Creeps
 No award presented
1974[1]
1975[1]
1976[1]
1977[1]
1978[1]
1979[1]
  • Roland Lepage, Le temps d'une vie
1980[1]
1981[1]
  • Erika Ritter, Automatic Pilot
  • Neil Munro, F C U
  • George Luscombe, Mac Reynolds and Larry Cox, Mac Paps
  • John Craig and George Luscombe, Ain't Lookin'
1982[1]
1983[1]
1984[1]
  • Jim Betts, Mystery of the Oak Island Treasure
  • Anne Dansereau, Une histoire à dormer debout
  • Joel Greenberg, The Nuclear Power Show
1985[1]
  • Colin Thomas, One Thousand Cranes
  • Robert Bellefeuille and Isabelle Cauchy, Les nez
1986[1]
  • Suzanne Lebeau, Little Victories/Les petits pouvoirs
  • Duncan McGregor, Running the Gauntlet
  • John Lazarus, Not So Dumb
  • Paul Shilton and Jim Biros, The Fabulous Farming Show
1987[1]
1988[1]
  • Tom Wood, B Movie: The Play
  • Robert Fothergill, Detaining Mr. Trotsky
  • Judith Thompson, I Am Yours
  • Ralph Burdman, Tête-à-Tête
1989[1]
1990[1]
  • The Great Unwashed Fish Collective, i.d.
  • Jim Betts, The Groundworld Adventure
  • Shirley Barrie, Straight Stitching
1991[1]
1992[1]
1993[1]
  • Michael Miller, Birds of a Feather
  • Shirley Barrie, Carrying the Calf
  • Paula Wing, Naomi's Road
1994[1]
1995[1]
  • Robert Lepage, Needles and Opium
  • Geoff Kavanagh, Ditch
  • Ken Garnhum, Pants on Fire
  • Diane Cave and Nadia Ross, The Alistair Trilogy
1996[1]
1997[1]
  • David S. Craig, Napalm the Magnificent: Dancing with the Dark
  • Ron Reed, Book of the Dragon
1998[1]
1999[1]
2000[5]
2001[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 William H. New (2002). Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press. pp. 63–64.
  2. ↑ Floyd Chalmers Archived 2016-08-20 at the Wayback Machine at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. 1 2 "Chalmers winners for the last time ; Rich theatre awards will be replaced with grants system". Toronto Star, May 15, 2001.
  4. ↑ "Chalmers Awards takes its eye off the prize". The Globe and Mail, March 14, 2002.
  5. ↑ "Chalmers slams rich at arts awards". Toronto Star, May 16, 2000.
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