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From leading the development of the theatre scene in Winnipeg, Hirsch became head of CBC Drama, then Director of the Stratford Festival, saving the latter from its growing pains. He is credited with helping professional theatre come of age in Canada and for his exceptional work cultivating regional theatre.
John Stephen Hirsch, OC (/ hɜːrʃ /; May 1, 1930 – August 1, 1989) was a Hungarian-Canadian theatre director. He was born in Siófok, Hungary to József and Ilona Hirsch, both of whom were murdered in the Holocaust along with his younger brother István. [1]
Jan 15, 2012 · John (originally János) Hirsch, who once told an interviewer “I am a member of four mafias: Hungarian, Jewish, homosexual and Winnipeg,” was a major figure in the development of Canadian theatre and television drama.
Sep 15, 2022 · Hirsch admitted he was rather intimidated by the grizzly: "Even though he was trained, he was a method actor — very prone to improvising."
Aug 3, 1989 · John Hirsch, the Hungarian-born stage director who lost his entire family in the Holocaust and later said that nightmare became the political passion that drove his work, died Tuesday at a...
Jan 15, 2012 · Just before the table of contents, an actor explains the pervasive influence on contemporary theatre of the Hungarian-born, Canadian theatre innovator, John Hirsch. “During the 1980s, North American actors had to bring three things to any audition: a classical piece, a contemporary piece, and a John Hirsch story.”
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Mar 31, 2013 · John Hirsch, who arrived in Winnipeg in 1947 as a 17-year-old orphan of the Holocaust knowing no English and no one, was unlikely to become a trailblazer of Canadian theatre and a nurturer of this country’s fragile cultural identity.
