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Timothy Findley

Novelist and playwright Timothy Findley's extensive personal collection of theatre memorabilia has been donated to the University of Guelph's renowned L.W. Conolly Theatre Archives.

The collection spans 40 years and includes all the costume designs, set designs, production photographs and props from the plays involving Findley and his partner William Whitehead.

A Guelph honorary degree recipient who made frequent visits to the city, Findley, who died in 2002, felt a strong attachment to U of G, said Whitehead. "We made the decision to donate these items to the University of Guelph quite some years ago."

In addition to such well-known novels as The Wars, The Piano Man's Daughter, The Telling of Lies and Not Wanted on the Voyage, Findley wrote six plays and was intimately connected to the theatre throughout his career. Findley's final play, Shadows, was performed at the Stratford Festival shortly after his death. His other plays are The Stillborn Lover, Can You See Me Yet? and Elizabeth Rex, for which he won his a Governor General's Literary Award.

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