Patricia joudry autobiography

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Patricia Joudry (October 18, 1921 – October 28, 2000) was a Canadian playwright and author.
Her autobiography, Spirit River to Angel's Roost: Religions I Have Loved and Left (1977), examines the relationship between her spiritual beliefs and creative.

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Joudry, Patricia

Patricia Joudry 1977. Photo courtesy of Toronto Public Library.

Playwright born in Spirit River, Alberta, October 18, 1921 died in Powell River, British Columbia, October 28, 2000.

She was raised in Montreal, but went to Toronto in 1940 to act and write. She became one of Canada's most frequently-produced radio drama writers, especially of comedy.

Her play, Teach Me How To Cry, was a winner at the Dominion Drama Festival, and has been produced world-wide and filmed. At its New York production, the piece was judged one of the best of the season.

Joudry was divorced from her first husband Delmar Dinsdale in 1952. Assisted by her second husband, the photographer John Steele, as producer, she attempted to finance the staging of her plays in Toronto, but was unsuccessful and moved to England in 1957.

Unable to make a consistent living from her playwriting, Joudry and her five daughters (Rafaele, Gay, Sherry, Stefania and Felicity) often struggled with dire poverty in England in the 1960s. With John Steele, she transformed a dilapidated fourteenth century En

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Patricia Joudry

Patricia Joudry (1921-2000) was a playwright and actor for radio. She wrote and starred in the weekly situation comedy series “Penny's Diary” on CFCF Radio (1941-42) and CBC Radio (1942-44). In 1945 Joudry won a four-year contract including co-writing the radio drama, “The Aldrich Family” from 1945–49. During her career, she wrote more than 300 plays, 250 of which were for radio broadcast. Her best known, play Teach Me How to Cry was first produced by CBC radio and television in 1953. It was well received off-Broadway in New York in 1955 and won the Dominion Drama Festival's best play award in 1956. Joudry became the first English-Canadian professional playwright to make a living from her writing in the 20th century. Later in 1958, it was retitled Noon Has No Shadows and was the first all-Canadian production to play the London West End. Universal International Pictures released a film version as The Restless Years the same year. In 1960 she became the first Canadian female playwright to be produced on Broadway when her drama Semi-Detached opened at the Mar

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Patricia Joudry Biography (1921-)

Born October 18, 1921, in Spirit River, Alberta, Canada; daughter of CliffordGeorge (a magazine editor and publisher) and Beth (a painter and potter; maiden name, Gilbart) Joudry; married Delmar Dinsdale (divorced, 1952); marriedJohn Steele (divorced, 1975); children: Gay Gilbaud, Sharon Martin, Stephanie, Melanie, Felicity. Addresses: Home--P.O. Box 105, Lund, British Columbia VON 2GO, Canada.

A doctoral thesis from McGill University addresses Joudry's theatrical writings.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Female
Birth Details: October 18, 1921; Spirit River, Canada

Famous Works

Writings;Stage Plays
Teach Me How to Cry (also known as The Restless Years and The Wonderful Years), Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1955, published by Dramatists Play Service (New York City), 1955.
The Sand Castle, Margo Jones Theatre, Dallas, TX, 1956, published by Playwrights Canada, 1981.
Three Rings for Michelle, Avenue Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1956.
Walk Alone Together, Duke of York Theatre, London, England, 1960.
Semi-Detached, Martin Beck T