George Elroy Boyd is a Canadian playwright and a former co-host of the CBC “Morning News”.

[edit] Biography

One of a family of nine, Boyd was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has written for the stage, radio, television and motion pictures.

In 1988, with his debut play, Shine Boy, Boyd became the first indigenous African-Nova Scotia to have a play professionally produced at Neptune Theatre, Nova Scotia's premiere main stage.

In 2000, his play, Consecrated Ground, was nominated for a Governor General's Award for drama.

Wade in the Water, produced by the Black Theatre Workshop of Montreal in 2004, and Centaur Theatre in 2005, garnered Boyd a nomination for the Montreal English Critics Circle Award (MECCA).

Boyd currently resides in Montreal. His most recent play, "Le Code Noir", about the life of composer Joseph Boulogne, Le Chevalier de Saint Georges was produced by Black Theatre Workshop of Montreal, at the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts.

Boyd is currently at work on two new plays. One — called "Nobody" - is about the lives of Bert Williams and Sammy Davis Jr. The other, tentatively titled, "In The Vicinity of Port Roseway," is about the demolition of Birchtown by white, Empire Loyalists.^[1]

[edit] Bibliography

• Two by George! Consecrated Ground and Gideon's Blues (1996)
• Consecrated Ground (1999)
• Gideon's Blues (2004)
• Wade in the Water (2005)
• "Le Code Noir" (2009)

[edit] References

1. ^ George Boyd - Playwrights Guild of Canada

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