Allan Stratton

Allan Stratton ( born 1951 in Stratford, Ontario) is a Canadian actor and writer.

Life and work

Allan Stratton began his theater career as an actor, later he wrote themselves successful pieces. What no one talks about is his second novel for young people. For this book he researched several months in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, in close contact with local projects for AIDS prevention and care of HIV -infected persons and AIDS patients. The novel received several awards, including the "Children's Africana Book Award ," which distinguishes five more balanced and authentic children 's books about Africa annually.

Today he lives according to various intermediate stations in North America and Europe, in Toronto.

Works

Novels

  • The Phoenix Lottery. Cormorant Books, 1998, ISBN 978-1896332161.
  • Leslie 's Journal. Annick Press, Toronto 2000, ISBN 978-1550376654.
  • Chanda 's Secrets. Annick Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1550378351. ( in German: What no one talks about DTV, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-423-78204-3 ).
  • Chanda 's Wars. Harper Collins Publishers, 2008, ISBN 978-0060872625. ( in German: Chanda's War DTV, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-423-78218-0 ).

Plays

  • Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii. Samuel French, New York 1981. (Premiered in 1980 at the Phoenix Theatre, Toronto )
  • Rexy! Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto 1981. (Premiered in 1981 at the Phoenix Theatre, Toronto )
  • Joggers. In Words In Play: three comedies by Allan Stratton. Coach House Press, Toronto 1988. (Premiered at the Toronto Free Theatre, 1982)
  • Friends Of A Feather. Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto 1984. (Premiered in 1984 on the main stage at the Shaw Festival )
  • A Flush of Tories. éditions nu -age, Montreal 1991. (premiered in 1991 at the Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg )
  • Papers. Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto 1986. (Premiered in 1985 at the Tarragon Theatre, Toronto )
  • Bingo! Playwrights Coop, Toronto 1977. (Premiered in 1977 at the Vancouver Playhouse)
  • The Hundred and One Miracles of Hope Chance. Coach House Press, Toronto 1988. (Premiered in 1987 at the Manitoba Theatre Centre )
  • Bag Babies. Coach House Press, Toronto 1991. (Premiered at Theatre Passe Muraille in 1990, Toronto )
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