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Eric Nicol

Eric Nicol was a playwright of comedies and children’s plays in Western Canada, one Canada’s prominent humourists. His work is recognized for addressing serious issues using humour. As a columnist, he’s written about 6,000 articles for The Province/Vancouver Province. He wrote an article for the Canadian Theatre Review’s 1976 edition on “Homosexuality and the Theatre.”

Names Eric Nicol (Main) BE [76.170] Jabez (Pseudonym)

BE [http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=219(http://goo.gl/qv6Xf9)]

Related Pages Eric Nicol on LGLC
Eric Nicol on VIAF
Birth Date 1919/12/28
Birth Place Kingston
Death Date 2011/02/02
Death Place https://lglc.ca/place/VAN/
Identities Canadian

BG [“Eric Nicol,” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 10 April 2008, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/eric-nicol]

Occupations Columnist
1951 - 1986

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Writer
1943 - 2010

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Playwright Theatre
notBefore(1966) - notAfter(1981)

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Screenwriter Television

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Screenwriter Radio

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Orders of Merit Member of the Order of Canada (2000-11-15) The Golden Jubilee Medal
Charges Vancouver
Contempt of court
Fine
$250 Fine

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Associated People

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(Cowriters)
Personal
Occupational
1943
ABC BookWorld

Associated Periodicals Ubyssey ()

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The Province, Vancouver Province (Columnist)
1951 - 1986

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https://lglc.ca/periodical/Vancouver News Herald/ (Columnist)
1951

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