George F. Walker

George F. Walker

George F. Walker (born August 23, 1947 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. He is one of Canada's most prolific playwrights, and also one of the most widely produced Canadian dramatists both in Canada and internationally.

His screen credits include the television series "Due South", "The Newsroom", "This Is Wonderland" and "The Weight", and the film "Niagara Motel". Most of his screen projects are cowritten with Dani Romain.

In 1997, he published a cycle of six new plays, all of which took place in the same suburban motel room.

In 1977, he adapted the Percy Bysshe Shelley Gothic novel "Zastrozzi: A Romance" (1810) into a successful dramatic stage play, "Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline".

In 2006, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

Plays

* "Prince of Naples" (1971)
* "Ambush at Tether's End" (1971)
* "Sacktown Rag" (1972)
* "Bagdad Saloon" (1973)
* "Beyond Mozambique" (1974)
* "Ramona and the Whilte Slaves" (1976)
* "Gossip" (1977)
* "Zastrozzi, The Master of Discipline", an adaptation of the Percy Bysshe Shelley 1810 Gothic novel (1977)
* "Filthy Rich" (1979)
* "Rumors of Our Death" (1980)
* "Theatre of the Film Noir" (1981)
* "Science and Madness" (1982)
* "The Art of War" (1983)
* "Criminals in Love" (1984)
* "Better Living" (1986)
* "Beautiful City" (1987)
* "Nothing Sacred" (1988)
* "Love and Anger" (1989)
* "Escape from Happiness" (1991)
* "Tough!" (1993)
* "Suburban Motel" (1997): "Problem Child", "Criminal Genius", "Risk Everything", "Adult Entertainment", "Featuring Loretta", "The End of Civilization"
* "Heaven" (2000)

Works About George F. Walker

* Chris Johnson, "Essays on George F. Walker: Playing with Anxiety." Winnipeg: Blizzard Publishing Inc., 1999
* Craig Walker, "George F. Walker: Postmodern City Comedy," "The Buried Astrolabe: Canadian Dramatic Imagination and Western Tradition". Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.

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