Tom Hendry (1929 – 2 December 2012) was the co-founder of the

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in 1958 and, in 2008, the MTC Warehouse Theatre was officially dedicated to Hendry. Hendry was born in

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. He attended the

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, co-founder of PGOC and ''Toronto Free Theatre'' in 1972 and founded the ''Banff Playwrights Colony'' in 1974. Hendry was also a playwright and television writer, including for the

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''. His plays included ''How Are Things With the Walking Wounded?'' (1970), ''The Missionary Position'' (1971), ''Fifteen Miles of Broken Glass'', ''Gravediggers of 1942'' and ''Satyricon''."R.I.P. Tom Hendry (1929-2012)"
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'', December 5, 2012. He was named an

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in 1995.

References

External links

Interview with Tom Hendry at the Legend Library

Thomas Best Hendry fonds (R5270)
at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hendry, Tom 1929 births 2012 deaths Writers from Manitoba University of Manitoba alumni Canadian theatre managers and producers Canadian television writers Officers of the Order of Canada Canadian male dramatists and playwrights Canadian male television writers 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian male writers