Homeward Bound (play)

Homeward Bound is a 1991 Canadian play drama by Elliott Hayes. It was originally commissioned and produced by the Stratford Festival. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Novelist Margaret Atwood wrote about the play: "Elliott Hayes has fashioned a brisk, intricate, deranging and tightly strung play...[his] art is a funhouse mirror, and what we see in it are fragments of ourselves, distorted, grotesque even, but recognizable.". ^{[4] [5]}

Canadian journalist and theatre artist Richard Ouzounian wrote in 2004 that Homeward Bound "remains one of the greatest plays that anybody has written in this country in my lifetime". ^[6]

The play has also been translated into French by Jean-Marc Dalpé and Robert Marinier, as Tout va pour le mieux. ^[7]

Productions

The play has been produced numerous times since its Stratford debut. Notable productions include:

• Theatre Three, Dallas (1992) ^{[8] [9]}
• Griffin Theatre Company, Illinois Theatre Center, Chicago (1992) ^[10]
• Canadian Stage, Toronto (1994) ^[11]
• Vancouver Playhouse (1995)
• Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg (1995) ^[12]
• National Arts Centre, Ottawa (1999) ^[13]
• Grand Theatre, London, Ontario (1999) ^{[14] [15]}
• Neptune Theatre, Halifax (2001) ^[16]
• Citadel Theatre, Edmonton (2003) ^[17]
• Gateway Theatre, Vancouver (2005) ^[18]
• Western Gold Theatre, Vancouver (2017) ^[19]

References

1. "Past Productions : Our Production history". Stratfordfestival.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
2. Donnelly, Pat (30 July 2010). "Stratford Festival's David William Mourned". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
3. "Homeward Bound (1991) production credits". Stratford Festival Archives. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
4. "Homeward Bound". Dramaticpublishing.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
5. Hayes, Elliott (6 February 1992). "Homeward Bound". Dramatic Publishing. Retrieved 6 February 2019– via Google Books.
6. Richard Ouzounian (28 February 2004). "No one has come by to rival Elliott Hayes". Toronto Star. p. H13.
7. Pat Donnelly, "All going well for Homeward Bound; Trail-blazing English Canadian comedy a hit with francophones"]. Montreal Gazette , November 26, 1994.
8. "Author Profile - Elliott Hayes". Dramaticpublishing.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
9. Wagner, Vit (8 January 1994), "Writer Homeward Bound after trip through grief", The Toronto Star, p. J4
10. Shaw, Stephanie (1 October 1992). "Generations/Homeward Bound". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
11. Kirchhoff, H.J. (15 January 1994), "All in the family", The Globe and Mail, p. C4
12. "Homeward Bound · Homeward Bound · Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Archives". Archives.royalmtc.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
13. "Stratford Director Revitalizes Ottawa's National Arts Centre". Playbill.com. 8 May 1998. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
14. "Production History - Grand Theatre London". Grandtheatre.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
15. "UWO Gazette - Volume 92, Issue 81". Usc.uwo.ca. Archived from the original on 16 December 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
16. "Neptune Theatre Production History". Neptunetheatre.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
17. "Seasons Since 1965 - Citadel Theatre". Citadeltheatre.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
18. "Homeward Bound". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
19. "vancouverplays: Vancouver's arts and culture website providing theatre news, previews and reviews - Theatre Preview". Vancouverplays.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.