Joanna Glass

Joanna Glass
Born	Joan Ruth McClelland (1936-10-07) October 7, 1936 (age 88) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Citizenship	United States of America
Notable work	Artichoke (1975) Woman Wanted (1984) Trying (2004)
Spouse	Alexander Glass (married 1959–1976)
Children	3

Joanna McClelland Glass (born October 7, 1936) is a Canadian playwright.^[1] She was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and became an American citizen in 1962.^[1] She has aided in the expansion of Canadian Theatre from 1970 to the present.

Life

Glass was born on October 7, 1936, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.^[2] She was born as Joan Ruth McClelland.^[2] She was involved with theatre during high school.^[2] She moved to Calgary to work in a radio station.^[2]

Plays

• 1972, Canadian Gothic
• 1972, American Modern
• 1975, Artichoke
• 1980, To Grandmother's House We Go
• 1983, Play Memory
• 1989, Yesteryear
• 1993, If We Are Women
• 2004, Trying
• 2008, Palmer Park^[1]
• 2010, Mrs. Dexter and Her Daily

Novels

• 1975, Reflections on a Mountain Summer (Knopf)
• 1984, Woman Wanted (St. Martin's)^[1]

See also

• Woman Wanted, film adapted from novel.^[1]

References

1. Nothof, Anne (2009-04-02). "Glass, Joanna McClelland". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Athabasca University. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
2. Nothof, Anne (October 31, 2011). "Joanna Glass". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

Further reading

• The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., pp. 464–466
• The Oxford companion to Canadian theatre, pp. 234–235.

External links

• Joanna Glass entry at The Canadian Encyclopedia