Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award

Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award
Awarded for	Literary award for Toronto theatre
Country	Canada
Presented by	Ontario Arts Council
First awarded	1979
Last awarded	2001
Website	The 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.

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

Winners

Recipients of the award were:^[1]^[4]

Year	Winners
1973	David Freeman, Creeps
1974	David French, Of the Fields, Lately
1975	James Reaney, Saint Nicholas Hotel
1976	John Herbert, Fortune and Men's Eyes
1977	W.O. Mitchell, Back to Beulah Larry Fineberg, Eve
1978	Rick Salutin, Les Canadiens
1979	Roland Lepage, Le temps d'une vie
1980	David Fennario, Balconville David French, Jitters John Gray, Billy Bishop Goes to War Antonine Maillet, La Sagouine John Murrell, Waiting for the Parade
1981	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	Allan Stratton, Rexy! Charles Tidler, Straight Ahead/Blind Dancers George F. Walker, Theatre of the Film Noir
1983	Anne Chislett, Quiet in the Land John Lazarus and Joa Lazarus, Dreaming and Dueling Tom Walmsley, White Boys
1984	Sherman Snukal, Talking Dirty Claude Meunier, Brew Jean-Pierre Plante, Francine Ruel, Louis Saia, Michel Côté, Marcel Gauthier, Marc Messier and Betty Lambert, Jennie's Story Margaret Hollingsworth, Ever Loving
1985	George F. Walker, Criminals in Love David French, Salt-Water Moon John Krizanc, Prague Sharon Pollock, Doc
1986	Michel Tremblay, Albertine in Five Times Michael Hollingsworth, The History of the Village of the Small Huts: Part 1, New France Michael Mercer, Goodnight Disgrace Allan Stratton, Papers
1987	John Murrell, Farther West Linda Griffiths, Jessica Don Hannah, The Wedding Script Tomson Highway, The Rez Sisters
1988	Tom Wood, B Movie: The Play Robert Fothergill, Detaining Mr. Trotsky Judith Thompson, I Am Yours Ralph Burdman, Tête-à-Tête
1989	Paul Ledoux and David Young, Fire Ann-Marie MacDonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) Michel Tremblay, Le vrai monde? George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred
1990	Sally Clark, Moo Tomson Highway, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing John Krizanc, The Half of It George F. Walker, Love and Anger
1991	Marie Brassard and Robert Lepage, Le Polygraphe Brad Fraser, Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love Judith Thompson, Lion in the Streets Michel Tremblay, La maison suspendue
1992	Michel Marc Bouchard, Lilies, Daniel Brooks and Guillermo Verdecchia, The Noam Chomsky Lectures Daniel MacIvor, House John Mighton, A Short History of Night
1993	Normand Chaurette, The Queens Joan MacLeod, The Hope Slide Jason Sherman, The League of Nathans George F. Walker, Escape from Happiness
1994	Michael Hollingsworth, The Life and Times of Mackenzie King Hillar Liitoja, The Last Supper Alisa Palmer, A Play About the Mothers de Mayo Guillermo Verdecchia, Fronteras Americanas
1995	Robert Lepage, Needles and Opium Geoff Kavanagh, Ditch Ken Garnhum, Pants on Fire Diane Cave and Nadia Ross, The Alistair Trilogy
1996	Timothy Findley, The Stillborn Lover Brad Fraser, Poor Super Man Andrew Moodie, Riot John Murrell, The Faraway Nearby
1997	Don Druick, Where Is Kabuki? Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands Daniel MacIvor and Daniel Brooks, Here Lies Henry Guillermo Verdecchia and Marcus Youssef, A Line in the Sand
1998	George F. Walker, Problem Child Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet Carole Fréchette, The Four Lives of Marie David Rubinoff, Stuck
1999	George F. Walker, The End of Civilization Leah Cherniak, Oliver Dennis, Maggie Huculak, Robert Morgan, Martha Ross and Michael Simpson, The Betrayal Michel Marc Bouchard, The Orphan Muses Jason Sherman, Patience
2000	Linda Griffiths, Alien Creatures: A Visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwan Michel Tremblay, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again Ronnie Burkett, Street of Blood Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy
2001	Florence Gibson, Belle Chris Earle, Radio:30 Michael Redhill and Ross Manson, Building Jerusalem George F. Walker, Heaven

References

1 2 William H. New (2002). Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 63.
↑ Floyd Chalmers at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
1 2 The Chalmers Awards for Creativity and Excellence in the Arts (discontinued)
1 2 "The Chalmers Awards for Creativity and Excellence in the Arts - Past Recipients". Ontario Arts Council. Retrieved 2007-10-20.

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