Michael Hollingsworth (writer)

Sonntag, 05. Februar 1950

Michael John Hollingsworth (born February 5, 1950) is a Canadian playwright, theatre director and experimental multimedia artist. He is best known for The History of the Village of the Small Huts, a series of 21 historical plays dramatizing and satirizing Canadian history. Born in Swansea, Wales, Hollingsworth moved to Toronto, Ontario with his family at the age of six. After studying fine arts at York University, Hollingsworth's first play Strawberry Fields was produced by Toronto's Factory Theatre in 1972, and his second, Clear Light, was produced by Toronto Free Theatre in 1973.