Catherine Banks
Catherine Banks | |
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| Occupation | playwright |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | Bone Cage, It Is Solved By Walking |
Catherine Banks is a Canadian playwright. She is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language drama, in 2008 for Bone Cage and in 2012 for It Is Solved By Walking.[1]
She resides in Sambro, Nova Scotia, a rural community within the Halifax Regional Municipality.[2]
Her other plays have included Three Storey, Ocean View, Bitter Rose and Miss'n Me. Her latest project involves adapting Ernest Buckler's novel The Mountain and the Valley for the stage.[3]
Banks has cited Michel Tremblay and María Irene Fornés as being among her literary inspirations.[3]
Her play Bone Cage was adapted by actor and director Taylor Olson for the 2020 theatrical film Bone Cage.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Nova Scotia's Banks among Governor General's Award winners". The Chronicle Herald, November 13, 2012.
- ^ "Sambro playwright nominated again for Governor General's award". The Chronicle Herald, October 2, 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Brunet, Julien Russell. "Catherine Banks: The Governor General's Literary Awards interview series". The Walrus. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ Morgan Mullin, "Trapped inside a Bone Cage". The Coast, September 22, 2020.
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