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Brian Drader

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Brian Drader
Born1960
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Occupationplaywright
Period1980s-present
Notable worksProk, The Fruit Machine

Brian Drader (born 1960) is a Canadian stage actor and playwright.[1] He is best known for his plays Prok, about Alfred Kinsey and Clara McMillen,[1] and The Fruit Machine, about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's controversial 1960s fruit machine project to identify homosexual people.[2]

Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, he is currently based in Montreal, Quebec, where he teaches playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada.[3]

His other plays have included Easter Eggs,[4] TuckTuck,[5] The Author's Voice,[6] The Norbals,[7] Mind of the Iguana,[8] Liar,[9] To Be Frank,[10] Everybody's Business and Curtsy.

Awards

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He won the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition in 1997 for The Norbals.[7]

Prok was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2003 Governor General's Awards,[11] and won the Lambda Literary Award for drama at the 16th Lambda Literary Awards.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Manitoban Drader among 'fresh crop'". Winnipeg Free Press, October 21, 2003.
  2. ^ "Opposite eras attract in gay history story". Vancouver Sun, October 23, 1998.
  3. ^ "Mother's Day shows feature veteran voices". Windsor Star, May 5, 2007.
  4. ^ "What's to see at Fringe?" Calgary Herald, August 25, 1989.
  5. ^ "Three new writers join playRites stable". Calgary Herald, August 22, 1992.
  6. ^ "Fringe buzzes under greasepaint and sweat". Edmonton Journal, August 16, 1992.
  7. ^ a b "Playwriting contest winners announced". Kingston Whig-Standard, May 6, 1997.
  8. ^ "Cover / fringe". Winnipeg Free Press, July 12, 2007.
  9. ^ "Not quite OK". Sacramento News & Review, November 8, 2012.
  10. ^ "Sit up and pay attention" Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. The Link, March 23, 2010.
  11. ^ "Big surprises as book awards shortlisted". Edmonton Journal, October 21, 2003.
  12. ^ "Bram, Revoyr among Lambda Literary winners". The Advocate, June 10, 2004.
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