Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award

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Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award
Awarded for Literary award for Toronto theatre
Presented by Ontario Arts Council
Country  Canada
First awarded 1979
Last awarded 2001
Official website The Chalmers Awards for Creativity and Excellence in the Arts (discontinued)

The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Awards were a Canadian literary award, given to Canadian plays produced by any professional Canadian theatre company, and having at least ten performances in the Toronto area.[not verified in body]

The prize had a monetary value of $25,000, and was named for benefactor Floyd Chalmers, an editor and publisher.[citation needed]

From the award's inception until 1980, one play was named the winner of the award, except for a tie in 1977. In 1980, the award began honouring multiple plays. That year, five winners were named. Since then, four plays normally won the award each year.

The award was one of several arts awards created by the Chalmers family of Toronto.[1] In 2001 the award was discontinued,[2] and in 2002 the Chalmers family endowed an Ontario Arts Council fund for two arts grant programs.[1]

[edit] Winners

Recipients of the award were:[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Chalmers Awards for Creativity and Excellence in the Arts (discontinued)
  2. ^ a b "The Chalmers Awards for Creativity and Excellence in the Arts - Past Recipients". Ontario Arts Council. http://www.arts.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=1838. Retrieved 2007-10-20. 
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