- Carol Bolt
Carol Bolt (
August 25 ,1941 –November 28 ,2000 ) was aCanadian playwright. She was a founding member and, for several years, president of the Playwrights Union of Canada.cite press release
title = Theatre Community Saddened at the Loss of Playwright, Carol Bolt
publisher = Playwrights Union of Canada
date = November 28, 2000
url = https://listserv.unb.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0011&L=candrama&T=0&P=3379
accessdate = 2008-04-22]Bolt's best known play is the thriller "One Night Stand", which was turned into a film in 1978. Her other plays include examinations of Canadian-specific motifs and political issues, such as "Buffalo Jump" (examining Canada during the depression era of the 1930s) and "Red Emma" (about radical anarchist
Emma Goldman ). Her last play was "Famous", produced on stage in 1997. [ [http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Carol%20Bolt Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia Biography] ]For television, Bolt's writing credits include "Tales of the Klondike", two episodes of the animated children's series "
The Raccoons ", and a single episode of "Fraggle Rock ".imdb|0093327]Bolt died of complications due to liver cancer on November 28, 2000, in Toronto, Ontario.
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* [http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=476 Literary Encyclopedia]
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