Raymond Storey

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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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