Hilda Mary Hooke Explained

Hilda Hooke Smith
Birth Name:Hilda Mary Hooke
Birth Date:3 October 1898
Birth Place:Odcombe, Somerset, England
Death Date:1978
Death Place:Comox, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation:writer
Language:English
Nationality:American
Signature:Hilda M. Hooke signature.png

Hilda Mary Hooke (after marriage, Smith; 3 October 1898 – 1978) was an English-born Canadian writer of dramas, poetry, and prose. Her 1938 play, Here Will I Nest was adapted into Canada's first colour feature-length motion picture, Talbot of Canada,[1] for which she wrote the screenplay.[2] Hooke died in 1978.

Biography

Hilda Mary Hooke was born at Odcombe, Somerset, England, 3 October 1898. Her parents were Oswald Edgar Smith and Louisa Elizth (Tapscott) Smith.[3] She came to Canada in 1902.

For some years after her arrival, she was engaged in musical and dramatic work. Hooke was affiliated with the Little Theatre in London, Ontario, since the 1920s as producer, director, and playwright. Here Will I Nest, first performed in 1938, became the first Canadian play to be adapted into a motion picture.[4] She wrote three plays around the central figure of Lord Talbot and another three centered on Dr. John Troyer.[5]

Later in her writing career, she became a poet. She also wrote a book about folklore (Thunder in the Mountains: Legends of Canada).[6]

While serving as secretary to the Chief Inspector of Public Schools, London, Ontario, she published less.[7] In 1946, she also served as secretary to Canon Quintin Warner.[8]

On 26 September 1925, she married Richard Tapscott Smith. She died in Comox, British Columbia, 1978.[9]

Selected works

Plays

Screenplays

Prose

Song lyrics

Notes and References

  1. Book: Loiselle . André . Stage-Bound: Feature Film Adaptations of Canadian and Québécois Drama . 16 October 2003 . McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP . 978-0-7735-7146-4 . 14 February 2022 . en.
  2. Book: Canadian Film Project . Canada and Canadians in Feature Films: A Filmography, 1928–1990 . 1996 . Canadian Film Project, University of Guelph . 978-0-88955-415-3 . 27 . 14 February 2022 . en.
  3. "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMR-SW7W : 8 March 2021), Richard Tapscott Smith and Hilda Mary Hooke, 26 Sep 1925; citing registration, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,413,315.
  4. Web site: Here Will I Nest – Canada's first feature colour movie . https://web.archive.org/web/20100827080105/http://dotydocs.theatreinlondon.ca/Archives/yesterday/nest.htm . 2010-08-27 . live. dotydocs.theatreinlondon.ca . 14 February 2022.
  5. News: HISTORICAL PLAYS . 14 February 2022 . The Gazette . Newspapers.com . 24 July 1942 . Montreal . 6 . en.
  6. News: ONTARIO WOMAN RELATED CANADIAN LEGENDS . 14 February 2022 . The Windsor Star . Newspapers.com . 29 November 1947 . Windsor . 32 . en.
  7. Book: Caswell . Edward Samuel. Edward S. Caswell . Canadian Singers and Their Songs: A Collection of Portraits, Autograph Poems and Brief Biographies . 1925 . Toronto . McClelland & Stewart . 238 . 13 February 2022 . en.
  8. News: FOLKLORE TONIC FOR A JADED GENERATION . 14 February 2022 . The Vancouver Sun . Newspapers.com . 31 January 1948 . Vancouver . 50 . en.
  9. Web site: Hilda Mary Hooke . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://dhil.lib.sfu.ca/doceww/person/2152 . 2022-03-14 . live. dhil.lib.sfu.ca . Database of Canadian Early Women Writers . 14 February 2022.
  10. News: MRT STUDIO PRESENTS . 14 February 2022 . The Gazette . Newspapers.com . 18 April 1949 . Montreal . 10 . en.

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