Len Peterson
Encyclopedia
Leonard Byron Peterson was a Canadian
playwright
, screenwriter
and novelist. His career started in 1939 when he sold a script to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
.
He has written more than a thousand different dramatic works for stage, screen, television, and radio.
One of his earliest successes was the radio play They're All Afraid (1944), which was written for the CBC
program Stage '44. The play received much criticism for depicting life in Canada negatively at a time when it was thought that boosting wartime morale was more appropriate. They're All Afraid went on to win the award for best drama in a broadcasting festival in Ohio. It was later adapted by Peterson for the stage.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and novelist. His career started in 1939 when he sold a script to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
.
He has written more than a thousand different dramatic works for stage, screen, television, and radio.
One of his earliest successes was the radio play They're All Afraid (1944), which was written for the CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
program Stage '44. The play received much criticism for depicting life in Canada negatively at a time when it was thought that boosting wartime morale was more appropriate. They're All Afraid went on to win the award for best drama in a broadcasting festival in Ohio. It was later adapted by Peterson for the stage.
Plays
- Burlap Bags (1960)
- The Great Hunger (1960)
- Look Ahead! (1962)
- All About Us (1963)
- Almighty Voice (1970)
- Women In The Attic (1971)
- The Workingman (1972)
- Let's Make a World (1973)
- Billy Bishop and The Red Baron (1975)
- Your World on a Plastic Platter (1976)
- Etienne Brule (1977)
- They're All Afraid (1980)
- Eye of the Storm (1985)
Screenplays
- It's Fun to Sing (1948)
- Passport to Canada (1949)
- Iron from the North (1955)
TV shows
- Folio
- General Motors PresentsGeneral Motors TheatreGeneral Motors Theatre was a Canadian television anthology series, which ran on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation under its various titles from 1953 until 1961. First transmitted under the sponsored title on October 5 1954, a new 60-minute drama would be presented each week...
- Camera Canada