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Sean Harris Oliver is a Canadian actor and playwright. He is most noted for his play The Fighting Season, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2019 Governor General's Awards.[1]
The Fighting Season is a war drama which was based in part on Oliver's father, an orthopedic surgeon who served as an army doctor during the War in Afghanistan.[2] Following a run at the 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival,[3] the play had its commercial premiere in Vancouver in January 2017,[2] and was published in book form by Scirocco Drama in 2019.
Oliver's other plays have included Bright Blue Future[4] and Redpatch, a collaboration with Raes Calvert.[5]
References
- "Michael Crummey among fiction finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards". CTV News, October 2, 2019.
- Laura Lynch and Glen Kugelstadt, "Chaos, horror, trauma: B.C. playwright's war drama inspired by father's work in Kandahar hospital". CBC News British Columbia, January 28, 2017.
- Colin Thomas, "Fringe Fest 2015: The Fighting Season is cause for celebration". The Georgia Straight, September 14, 2015.
- Colin Thomas, "Gen Y actors give Bright Blue Future some clarity despite a foggy script". The Georgia Straight, February 22, 2016.
- Janet Smith, "Redpatch brings together artistic and personal journey". The Georgia Straight, April 11, 2017.
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