John Murrell (playwright)
- John Murrell (playwright)
John Murrell (born October 15, 1945) is an American-born Canadian playwright.
Born in Lubbock, Texas, Murrel moved to Alberta after graduating from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas with a BFA in 1968. He moved to Canada to avoid the draft, studying at the University of Calgary. In 2002 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and awarded the Alberta Order of Excellence.
Murrell also translated some Russian and French works.
Original plays by John Murrell
* "Haydn's Head" (1974)
* "Power in the Blood" (1975)
* "Waiting for the Parade" (1977)
* "Memoir" (1977)
* "Farther West" (1982)
* "New World" (1984)
* "October" (1988)
* "Democracy" (1991)
* "The Faraway Nearby" (1994)
* "Death in New Orleans" (1998)
Translations/adaptations by John Murrell
* "Mandragola" (after Machiavelli) (1978)
* "Uncle Vanya" (after Chekhov) (1978)
* "Bajazet" (after Racine) (1979)
* "The Seagull" (after Chekhov) (1980)
* "Divorcons" (after Sardou) (1983)
* "The Master Builder" (after Ibsen) (1983)
* "Oedipus the King" (after Sophocles) (1988)
* "The Four Lives of Marie" (after Carole Frechette) (1996)
* "The Cherry Orchard" (after Chekhov) (1998)
* "The Odyssey" (after Homer) (2001)
* "The Human Voice" (after Jean Cocteau) (2004)
External links
* [http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=John%20Murrell Bio] from the Encyclopedia of Canadian Theatre.
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