Allan_Stratton

Allan Stratton Allan Stratton was born in Stratford, Ontario in 1951. As a teenager he lived in London, Ontario attending James Reaney’s school for writing. His first play, The Rusting Heart, was then published by James Reaney in a local magazine. After he travelled to Switzerland to study writing he was enrolled at the University of Toronto where he continued writing but became more interested in acting. In 1974 Allan graduated from The Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama, U. of T. receiving his M.A. After this, he appeared in various regional plays which brought him back to his hometown Stratford where he preformed in the Stratford Festival He continued acting and writing on his spare time until 1977 where his first professional stage play, 72 Under the O, was produced at The Vancouver Playhouse. He then, once again switched his career motives and went back to writing full time. In 1080, he wrote a successful play, Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii that has had over 300 productions throughout Canada and the United States. Many other plays soon followed including his famous play about Canadian Prime Ministers called Rexy! This play was brought out in 1981 and played across allan, stratton, play, writing, plays, acting, stratford, stage, published, new, found, drama, back, award, young, very, various, united, time, think, switched, successful, study, states, school, realistic, preformed, ontario, once, novel, james, including, first, festival, definitely