Editing George Boyd (playwright) (section)

==Biography==
One of a family of nine, of seventh-generation Empire Loyalist stock, Boyd was born and raised in [[City of Halifax|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]. He has written for the stage, [[radio]], [[television]] and [[motion pictures]].

In 1988, with his debut play, ''Shine Boy'', Boyd became the first indigenous African-Nova Scotian to have a play professionally produced at [[Neptune Theatre (Halifax)|Neptune Theatre]], Nova Scotia's premier main stage. Since then, his plays were shown in Lahore, Pakistan, Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal and New York, US, among other locales.

A recipient of numerous awards from his native Nova Scotia, in 2000, his play ''Consecrated Ground'' was nominated for a [[Governor General's Award]] for drama.

''Wade in the Water'', produced by the [[Black Theatre Workshop]] of [[Montreal]] in 2004, and [[Centaur Theatre]] in 2005, garnered Boyd a nomination for the Montreal English Critics Circle Award (MECCA).

More recently his play ''Gideon's Blues'' was adapted into an hour-long TV drama called ''[[The Gospel According to the Blues]]'', directed by [[Thom Fitzgerald]] for Emotion Pictures.<ref>"Halifax filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald examines urban decay in VisionTV drama". [[Canadian Press]], May 10, 2010.</ref>

Boyd resided in Montreal. His 2009 play, ''Le Code Noir'', about the life of 18th-century composer [[Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges]], was produced by Black Theatre Workshop of Montreal, at the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts.

One of Boyd's last works was tentatively entitled ''The Days Of Douglass'', and regarded the final days in the life of [[Frederick Douglass]].<ref>http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/pgc/c_playwright.asp?codein=3C62723E3C62723E3C62723E313437303C62723E353135363C62723E George Boyd - Playwrights Guild of Canada]{{dead link|date=September 2013}}</ref>

Boyd died July 7, 2020, in Montreal, Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/obituaries/george-elroy-boyd-42380/|title=George Elroy Boyd|publisher=Halifax Chronicle-Herald|date=July 25, 2020|accessdate=July 25, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726092716/https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/obituaries/george-elroy-boyd-42380/|url-status=dead}}</ref>