Raymond Storey

Raymond Storey
Born1956
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)playwright, television writer
Years active1980s-present
Notable workThe Saints and Apostles, The Glorious 12th, Iron Road

Raymond Storey (born in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright and television writer.[1] He is best known for his plays The Saints and Apostles, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 1993 Governor General's Awards,[2] and The Glorious 12th, which won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 1996.[3]

His other plays have included South of China, Adventures in Turning Forty, The Last Bus, Angel of Death, Country Chorale, The Dreamland, Girls in the Gang and Cheek to Cheek.[1] Country Chorale, Girls in the Gang and The Dreamland were cowritten with composer John Roby.

For television, his credits have included episodes of Road to Avonlea,[1] Traders, Made in Canada, Wind at My Back,[1] The Guard,[1] King, Bomb Girls and Guidestones, and the television films Bach's Fight for Freedom, Butterbox Babies,[1] Happy Christmas, Miss King, Open Heart, and Iron Road.[4]

He was nominated for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series in 1996 for Butterbox Babies,[5] and in 2004 for Open Heart.[6] He won Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program in 1998 for The Inventors’ Specials - Leonardo: A Dream of Flight.[7] He was a writer and producer on Searching for Vimy's Lost Soldiers, which was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award as Outstanding History Documentary Program or Series in 2018.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Storey, Raymond". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, March 8, 2010.
  2. ^ "Book awards list follows tradition". Toronto Star, October 29, 1993.
  3. ^ "Dora winners chosen Canadian Stage wins seven awards". The Globe and Mail, June 25, 1996.
  4. ^ "A CPR mini-series, business with bite and a new take on Manson's murders". The Globe and Mail, August 8, 2009.
  5. ^ "More nominees for the Gemini awards". The Globe and Mail, January 25, 1996.
  6. ^ "The 19th Annual Gemini Awards Nominees are...". Canada NewsWire, October 26, 2024.
  7. ^ John McKay, "Bach series continues Gemini streak". Canadian Press, October 3, 1998.


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