MURIEL GOLD, C.M., Ph.D., theatre educator, producer/director, is former
Artistic Director
of The Saidye Bronfman Centre Theatre for which,
during her eight-year tenure, she won acclaim
from theatre critics, academics and the public at
large. With a view that drama can serve as a bridge
between cultures, she was a pioneer in introducing
French-Canadian plays to Anglophone
audiences. A Montrealer from birth, she was
particularly sensitive to the need for rapprochement
between the two cultures and saw a way of involving
the Jewish community in this rapprochement
through theatre. It was early in her tenure that Dora
Wasserman’s Yiddish theatre became a
resident company of the Centre.
Her multicultural policies and her commitment to
staging Canadian plays remained a focus
throughout her post. Under her exceptional leadership
the Saidye Bronfman Centre Theatre
became known and respected across the country. When
she left the Saidye, she joined academia,
teaching at McGill, Concordia and
books on actor training which are a solid contribution
to Drama in Education. Her book, Tell
Me Why Nights are Lonesome, is an important and very readable contribution to
Canadian Jewish
History, while A
Gift to their Mother: the Saidye Bronfman Centre Theatre. A History is an
equally lively history of an important cultural institution.
As a volunteer, Dr. Muriel Gold is committed to the
advancement of women. In honour of her
leadership and initiative the McGill Centre for
Research and Teaching on Women has inaugurated
the Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Scholar Award. In
recognition of her lifetime achievement in
theatre and drama, she was recently appointed a Member
of the Order of
Other books by Muriel Gold include:
The Fictional Family in Drama, Education and Groupwork.
Therapy Through Drama: The Fictional Family.