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Florence Gibson MacDonald is a Canadian playwright.[1] She is best known for her plays Belle, which was a finalist for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 2000[2] and a winner of the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 2001,[3] and Home Is My Road, which won the Carol Bolt Award in 2004.[1]

Florence Gibson MacDonald
Born
Florence MacDonald
NationalityCanadian
Occupationplaywright
Years active1990s-present
Notable work
Belle, Home Is My Road

Her other plays have included Missing, i think i can, How Do I Love Thee?, Augury and Love Handles, as well as radio plays for CBC Radio.[1]

Formerly a medical doctor, Gibson wrote several short plays which were produced on the fringe festival circuit before her success with Belle, her first full-length play.[4] She then devoted herself to full-time writing.[1]


References


  1. "Relocated playwright enjoying Thornhill". Yorkregion.com, May 7, 2013.
  2. "Weird Doras in a strange season: Prizes notable for omissions as much as for those that won". National Post, June 27, 2000.
  3. "Chalmers reinvents arts awards". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 2001.
  4. "Belle: the hit play that almost wasn't: The path to artistic success is often strewn with heartbreak and rejection. Just ask Florence Gibson". National Post, March 4, 2000.


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