death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date genre article_title name occupation
fairview , ontario 22 february 1994 stratford , ontario canadian june 22 , 1956 plays , poetry , novels , short stories elliott hayes
 elliott hayes playwright
elliott hayes

elliott hayes -lrb- june 22 , 1956 -- february 22 , 1994 -rrb- was a rising canadian playwright when he was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver .
elliott hayes was born in stratford , ontario to a theatrical family , the grandson of classical actor george hayes and the son of john sullivan hayes , one of the original company members of the stratford festival .
he graduated from the old vic theatre school in bristol , and worked in hollywood for several years before returning to canada in 1981 .
he then served for many years as the literary manager , dramaturge and occasional lyricist and assistant director at the stratford festival .
after his death in 1994 , the festival created the elliott hayes award , a prize in dramaturgy sponsored by the literary managers and dramaturgs of the americas .
his career was brief but produced several important works , including short stories , novels , poems and plays .
his most produced work , `` homeward bound '' , was noted by author margaret atwood as `` a brisk , intricate , and tightly-strung play with a lot of laughter '' .
it was first produced at the stratford festival and has since been performed across canada and the united states .
