Murrell, John

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Murrell, John
Other forms of name
Murrell, John, 1945-2019
Date of birth
1945-10-15
Date of death
2019-11-11
Associated country
Canada
Field of activity
Drama
Translating and interpreting
Occupation
Dramatists
Translators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 94815390
Wikidata: Q6249993
Library of congress: n 79030193
TAU10: 000118084
Sources of Information
  • Murrell, John (Playwright, librettist and translator, John Murrell was born in 1945 in Lubbock, Texas, died on November 11, 2019 of leukaemia in Calgary, Alberta ( (Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, viewed August 30, 2023) )
  • Chekhov, A. P. Uncle Vanya, 1978 (a.e.)t.p. (John Murrell) p. 4 of cover (playwright, assoc. dir., Stratford Festival)
  • His Waiting for the parade, 1980:t.p. (John Murrell) cover (b. 1945)
  • LAC internal file, Spril 5, 2019(heading: Murrell, John, 1945-; Canadian; lives in Calgary, Alberta)
  • Small talk, 2018:title page (translated by John Murrell)
  • Wikipedia, March 18, 2019(John Murrell, OC, AOE (born October 15, 1945) is an American-born Canadian playwright; born in Lubbock, Texas, Murrell moved to Alberta after graduating from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas with a BFA in 1968; moved to Canada to avoid the draft, studying at the University of Calgary; in 2002 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and awarded the Alberta Order of Excellence. In 2008, he received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts)