Jul 20, 2017

Kay Hill - Woman Before Her Time

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International Playwright Her most successful stage play was 'Three to Get Married'. It was later revised for television for production by CBC and was viewed...
Kay Hill, 1917 - 2011
International Playwright Her most successful stage play was 'Three to Get Married'. It was later revised for television for production by CBC and was viewed...
Inside cover of 'Badger, the Mischief Maker'
International Playwright Her most successful stage play was 'Three to Get Married'. It was later revised for television for production by CBC and was viewed...
Kay was well known for her retellings of the Glooscap Legends in three volumes, as well as the biographies of John Cabot and Joseph Howe.

International Playwright

Her most successful stage play was 'Three to Get Married'. It was later revised for television for production by CBC and was viewed in Canada, England and New Zealand.

International Playwright Her most successful stage play was 'Three to Get Married'. It was later revised for television for production by CBC and was viewed...
Order of Canada, 1999
International Playwright Her most successful stage play was 'Three to Get Married'. It was later revised for television for production by CBC and was viewed...
First page, first draft of 'The Lady Who Didn’t Need Cats'
International Playwright Her most successful stage play was 'Three to Get Married'. It was later revised for television for production by CBC and was viewed...
Cover of the Japanese translation of 'Legends of the Wabanaki Indians: Glooscap and his Magic'

Order of Canada

A 'modern day pioneer in children's broadcasting', Kay was awarded the Order of Canada in 1999 for her contributions to Canadian heritage through her writing.

Vicky Metcalf Award

Kay was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award for 'a body of work of inspiration to young people'.

International Playwright Her most successful stage play was 'Three to Get Married'. It was later revised for television for production by CBC and was viewed...
'One More to be Married', the sequel to 'Three to Get Married'. In all, Kay wrote over 100 radio and television plays, adaptations, serials, and documentaries.

A Canadian Classic

Kay Hill co-wrote 'The Farm Family' aka 'The Gillans', the first Canadian soap opera on CBC radio.

International Playwright Her most successful stage play was 'Three to Get Married'. It was later revised for television for production by CBC and was viewed...
Painting by Kay from her home in Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia.
International Playwright Her most successful stage play was 'Three to Get Married'. It was later revised for television for production by CBC and was viewed...
While conducting research in Europe, she created a series of sketches, like this one.

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