Selected Drama and Fiction by Rose Scollard
Co-founder of Maenad Theatre, playwright and author, Rose Scollard has more than 30 professionally-produced stage and radio dramas to her credit. She has written and published a number of short stories and has a novel ready for publication. Here is a selection of her work.
Praise
Selected Praise for the Plays
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Rose Scollard’s Nosy Parkers is one of the stand outs of the Toronto Fringe – twilight zone with a feminist twist.
- Liam Lacy, Globe & Mail -
Bete Blanche is tantalizing and thoroughly engrossing, a near perfect production in every respect.
- The Weal -
Shea of the White Hands: Scollard’s writing is poetic, forceful and filled with vivid imagery.
- Martin Morrow, Calgary Herald -
When a mother shows you her triplets you shouldn’t pick a favourite, but mine is Preservation Blues…my response to the poetry is visceral.
- Caroline Russell-King, Playwrights’ POV -
Firebird Soars.
- Anika Van Wyk, Calgary Sun -
The murky underside of the male-female relationship is Rose Scollard’s turf. The Swapper is a tale of a Faustian bargain set in a pink plastic hairdressing shop.
- Liz Nicolls, Edmonton Journal -
Aphra: Sparkplug vitality and intensity the very stuff Behn is said to have known all about. This is a play worth seeing.
- Trish Pattenden, Times Colonist -
13th God: The play is a palimpsest, layering time, situations and archetypal characters to portray the universal search for wholeness and solace… not a linear thing but a spiraling through the labyrinth of the mind, sparkling reflection and reconsideration.
- Theatrum -
The Hero proves to be a very intriguing tale that’s uneasy in a very rich way.
- John Charles, Edmonton Sun