Peter Cureton
| Peter Cureton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 Ottawa, Ontario |
| Died | March 2, 1994 |
| Occupation | actor, playwright |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Notable works | Passages |
Peter Cureton (1965 – March 2, 1994) was a Canadian actor and playwright.[1] He was best known for his 1993 play Passages, an autobiographical show about living with HIV/AIDS.[2]
Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Cureton was a cousin of actor R. H. Thomson.[1] He attended high school at Lisgar Collegiate Institute, and later studied drama at Concordia University.[3] He acted in theatre roles in both Ottawa and Montreal, including productions of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap,[3] Jack Todd's The Day Luzinski Stole Home[4] and William Mastrosimone's Shivaree,[5] participated in Montreal's first bilingual theatresports competition,[6] and appeared in the television film The Boys of St. Vincent as Brother Peter.[3]
Diagnosed HIV-positive in 1988 while acting in The Mousetrap,[3] he also worked as an HIV educator.[3]
Passages premiered in Montreal in 1993, with Cureton as the director of the inaugural production.[2] The cast included Joe de Paul, Susan Glover, Lisa Bronwyn Moore, Patrick Brosseau and Pauline Little.[2] The play was favourably reviewed, with Montreal Gazette theatre critic Pat Donnelly writing that "it should be a kickoff, not a swan song".[2]
Cureton died on March 2, 1994, aged 28, at his family's home in Ottawa,[2] while working on a planned production of Passages in Toronto.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Actor-playwright Peter Cureton, 28". Montreal Gazette, March 8, 1994.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Passages is eloquent adieu by writer with AIDS". Montreal Gazette, October 22, 1993.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Actor, AIDS educator Peter Cureton dead at 28". Ottawa Citizen, March 7, 1994.
- ↑ "Stage struck; But new bard cautious so he'll keep his day job". Montreal Gazette, May 14, 1992.
- ↑ "Foolhouse Theatre troope shines in Shivaree". Montreal Gazette, February 13, 1991.
- ↑ "Anglophones face off against French in Quebec improvisational theatre". Ottawa Citizen, March 16, 1991.
- 1965 births
- 1994 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian male actors
- 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- Canadian male stage actors
- Canadian male television actors
- Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
- Gay actors
- Gay writers
- LGBT entertainers from Canada
- LGBT writers from Canada
- LGBT dramatists and playwrights
- Male actors from Ottawa
- Male actors from Montreal
- Writers from Ottawa
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- Concordia University alumni
- AIDS-related deaths in Canada
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