|
Merrill Denison (23 June 1893 — 13 June 1975) was a Canadian playwright. Born in Detroit and raised in Ontario, Denison was the son of Canadian author, dressmaker, theosophist, Whitmanite, and feminist Flora MacDonald (Merrill) Denison and American garment salesman Howard Denison.〔(of Canadian Biography: MERRILL, FLORA MacDonald (Denison) )〕〔(Inferiority Complex: An Address by Merrill Denison, F.R.S.A.'' )〕 In 1921, after pursuing studies in architecture, he became Art Director of Hart House Theatre, Toronto. In 1926 he married Jessie Muriel Goggin. Denison soon began to write comedies, some of which were conceived at his summer home in Bon Echo and performed in the Tweed Playhouse in Tweed, Ontario. As author of ''The Romance of Canada'', a highly successful series of historical plays broadcast in 1931 and 1932, he received wide acclaim as a pioneer in radio drama. During the decades that followed he devoted his energies to this field, preparing numerous plays for broadcast in the United States. Increasingly interested in business history, during the 1950s and 60s Denison wrote several popular histories of Canadian corporations, including ''Harvest Triumphant: The Story of Massey-Harris''. ==Plays== * ''The Unheroic North: Four Canadian Plays'' (1923) * * ''Brothers in Arms, the Weather Breeder, From Their Own Place,'' and ''Marsh Hay.'' * ''Henry Hudson and other plays: Six Plays for the Microphone'' (1931) from the 'Romance of Canada' series of radio broadcasts * ''The Raid on Grand Pre'' (1931) from the 'Romance of Canada' series of radio broadcasts * ''America in action: twelve one-act plays for young people, dealing with freedom and democracy.'' (1941) * * ''The U.S. vs. Susan B. Anthony,'' and ''Haven of the Spirit.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Merrill Denison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|