Period 1971 - 1991 Name Michael Cook | Role Playwright Spouse Janis Spence | |
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Born 14 February 1933Fulham, London, England ( 1933-02-14 ) Occupation Theatre reviewer and playwright Died July 1, 1994, St. John's, Canada Children Sebastian Spence, Fergus Cook, Perdita Cook, Sarah Spence Books Jacob's wake, The fisherman's revenge, Tiln & other plays, Colour the flesh the colour of, The Gayden chronicles | ||
Michael Cook (14 February 1933 – 1 July 1994) was a Canadian playwright.
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Early life
Born in Fulham, London, England, Cook settled in Newfoundland, Canada, in 1965 after serving seven years in the British Army, mostly in Asia.
Career
Most of Cook's work, including his best-known plays, Jacob's Wake and The Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance, are set in Newfoundland, which provides a sometimes realistic and sometimes richly symbolic backdrop for his poetic rendering of lives in continual conflict with natural elements.
Personal life
Cook married three times, and fathered twelve children, including actor Sebastian Spence by his wife, Janis.
Cook retained a residence in Stratford, Ontario. While passing through St Johns on a trip to his summer home on Random Island, Cook became ill and died.