Gwen Pharis Ringwood

Gwen Pharis Ringwood (August 13, 1910 Anatone, Washington – May 24, 1984 Williams Lake, British Columbia) was a Canadian playwright.

Life She graduated from the University of Alberta. She worked part-time as a secretary for Elizabeth Sterling Haynes, and then working at the Banff Centre for the Arts as registrar. She studied playwriting at University of North Carolina.

The theatre in Williams Lake, and an award for drama, given by the Writers' Guild of Alberta, are named for her.

Her papers are held at University of Calgary.

Awards 1939 Dominion Drama Festival 1941 Governor General's Awards

Books

Younger Brother, Longmans, Green, 1959 The Collected Plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood. Ed: Enid Delgatty Rutland. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1982. The Gwen Pharis Ringwood Papers, Marlys Chevrefils, Shirley A. Onn, and Apollonia Steele, editors, February 1988,

Plays The Dragons of Kent, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1935 Chris Axelson, Blacksmith, University of North Carolina, 1938 One Man's House, University of North Carolina, 1938 Still Stands the House, Playmakers Theatre in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1938 Pasque Flower, University of North Carolina, 1939 The Days May Be Long, Unproduced, 1940 Red Flag at Evening, University of Alberta Extension Department, Edmonton, 1940 Saturday Night, University of Alberta Extension Department, Edmonton, 1940 The Courting of Marie Jenvrin, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1941 Christmas 1943, University Women's Club, Edmonton, 1943 The Rainmaker, 1944 The Jack and the Joker, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1944 Dark Harvest, University of Manitoba Dramatic Society, Winnipeg, 1945 Stampede, Alberta Folklore and Local History Project, 1945 Hatfield, the Rainmaker Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1945 Drowning at Wasyl Nemitchuck, The (A Fine Coloured Easter Egg), Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1946 Oh Canada, My Country, Edmonton, (1948 – 1951?) Widger's Way, University of Alberta, 1952 Lament for Harmonica (Maya) Ottawa Little Theatre 1959 Look Behind You, Neighbour, City of Edson, Alberta, 1961 Lion and the Mouse, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake, B.C, 1964 The Sleeping Beauty, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake, 1965 The Three Wishes, Williams Lake School, 1965 The Road Runs North, Williams Lake Junior High School, Williams Lake, 1967 Encounters, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1970 The Deep Has Many Voices, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1971 The Stranger, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1971 The Golden Goose, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake 1973 A Remembrance of Miracles, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1975 Lament for harmonica (1975) The Lodge, West Vancouver Little Theatre 1976 Ludmilla's Odyssey The Magic Carpets of Antonio Angelini, St. Boniface Theatre Company, Winnipeg 1976 Mirage, University of Saskatchewan, 1979