John Palmer

Playwright director and actor John Palmer was born in Sydney Nova Scotia in 1943 He grew up in Ottawa and became involved with theatre while still in high school and as an English major at Carlton University He directed plays at Le Hibou Coffee House in Ottawa and at the Black Swan Coffee House in Stratford which he cofounded with Martin Kinch In 1968 he cofounded the Canadian Place Theatre in Stratford with Kinch as Canadian alternative to the British fare at the Stratford Festival In addition to his work as a stage director and playwright Palmer was also a founding member of Playwrights Guild of Canada and taught at York University Ryerson University National Theatre School of Canada Juilliard and Brooklyn Academy He only made a handful of filmsbrbrbr