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Hope Thompson

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Hope Thompson
OccupationPlaywright and screenwriter
PartnerSimone Jones
Website
www.hopethompson.net

Hope Thompson is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter.

Education

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Thompson graduated from Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre.[1]

Career

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Thompson's first play, Green, premiered in 2004 at Buddies in Bad Times' Rhubarb! Festival.[2] Including Green, four of Thompson's works would premiere at Rhubarb! Festivals. Her play, Trapped! premiered at the 2014 Rhubarb! Festival under the direction of Morgan Norwich.[3]

Works

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Plays

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  • Green (2004)[2]
  • Hospital Green
  • Tyrolia (2008)[4][5]
  • She Walks the Line
  • Stiff
  • Trapped! (2014)[3]
  • The Love Crimes of Frances Lark (2015)[6]
  • Dead Money

Filmography

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Film

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Year Work Role Notes Ref.
1995 Crossing the Line writer short film
1997 It Happened in the Stacks writer short film [2]
1999 Switch writer, director short film
2010 Trailing Arbutus writer short film

Television

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Year Work Role Ref.
2018-19 Baroness von Sketch Show story editor

Personal life

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Thompson studied at Mount Allison University (BFA) and at the University of British Columbia (MFA).

References

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  1. ^ "Hope Thompson". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Gilbert, Sky (2012). "A Sadly Overlooked Lesbian Gem: Hope Thompson's Green". Canadian Theatre Review. 149 (149): 27–30. doi:10.3138/ctr.149.27. ISSN 0315-0836. S2CID 144939830.
  3. ^ a b Kaplan, Jon (2014-02-13). "More Rhubarb Previews". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-15.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Tyrolia". Toronto Star. 2008-06-06. ProQuest 439466947. Retrieved 2021-06-15 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "Tyrolia - Review". NOW Magazine. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  6. ^ "The Love Crimes Of Frances Lark + Wand Portal". NOW Magazine. 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-15.[permanent dead link]
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