Occupation playwright Role Playwright Name Robert Chafe | Period 2000s-present Nationality Canadian Movies Above and Beyond | |
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Notable works Afterimage, Butler's Marsh, Tempting Providence Books Butler's Marsh, Oil and Water, Tempting Providence, Emptygirl Awards Governor General's Award for English-language drama | ||
Interview with playwright robert chafe entrevue avec robert chafe
Robert Chafe (born 1971) is a Canadian playwright, whose play Afterimage won the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. He was previously nominated for the same award at the 2004 Governor General's Awards for his plays Butler's Marsh and Tempting Providence.
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- Interview with playwright robert chafe entrevue avec robert chafe
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His other plays have included Place of First Light (cowritten with Sean Panting), Charismatic Death Scenes, Belly Up, Emptygirl, Oil and Water, Isle des Demons, Lemons, One Foot Wet, Signals, Under Wraps and Vive La Rose. He has won numerous Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Awards, and was named 1998 Emerging Artist of the Year by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council.
Chafe has also acted, both on stage and in the 2006 television miniseries Above and Beyond.
He is openly gay.