# Peter Cureton

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{{Short description|Canadian actor and playwright}}
{{Infobox writer
| name        = Peter Cureton
| birth_name  = 
| birth_date  = November 1, 1965
| birth_place = [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario)
| death_date  = {{death date and given age|1994|3|2|28}}
| death_place = Ottawa 
| occupation  = Actor, playwright
| nationality = Canadian
| notableworks = ''Passages''
| website     = 
}}
'''Peter Cureton''' (November 1, 1965 – March 2, 1994) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) actor and [playwright](/source/playwright).<ref name=gazetteobit>"Actor-playwright Peter Cureton, 28". ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', March 8, 1994.</ref> He was best known for his 1993 play ''Passages'', an autobiographical show about living with [HIV/AIDS](/source/HIV%2FAIDS).<ref name=passages>"Passages is eloquent adieu by writer with AIDS". ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', October 22, 1993.</ref>

Born and raised in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Cureton was a cousin of actor [R. H. Thomson](/source/R._H._Thomson).<ref name=gazetteobit/> He attended high school at [Lisgar Collegiate Institute](/source/Lisgar_Collegiate_Institute), and later studied drama at [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University).<ref name=citizen>"Actor, AIDS educator Peter Cureton dead at 28". ''[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)'', March 7, 1994.</ref> He acted in theatre roles in both Ottawa and [Montreal](/source/Montreal), including productions of [Agatha Christie](/source/Agatha_Christie)'s ''[The Mousetrap](/source/The_Mousetrap)'',<ref name=citizen/> [Jack Todd](/source/Jack_Todd_(journalist))'s ''The Day Luzinski Stole Home''<ref>"Stage struck; But new bard cautious so he'll keep his day job". ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', May 14, 1992.</ref> and [William Mastrosimone](/source/William_Mastrosimone)'s ''Shivaree'',<ref>"Foolhouse Theatre troope shines in Shivaree". ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', February 13, 1991.</ref> participated in Montreal's first bilingual [theatresports](/source/theatresports) competition,<ref>"Anglophones face off against French in Quebec improvisational theatre". ''[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)'', March 16, 1991.</ref> and appeared in the television film ''[The Boys of St. Vincent](/source/The_Boys_of_St._Vincent)'' as Brother Peter.<ref name=citizen/>

Diagnosed [HIV-positive](/source/HIV-positive) in 1988 while acting in ''The Mousetrap'',<ref name=citizen/> he also worked as an HIV educator.<ref name=citizen/>

''Passages'' premiered in Montreal in 1993, with Cureton as the director of the inaugural production.<ref name=passages /> The cast included Joe de Paul, [Susan Glover](/source/Susan_Glover), [Lisa Bronwyn Moore](/source/Lisa_Bronwyn_Moore), Patrick Brosseau and [Pauline Little](/source/Pauline_Little).<ref name=passages /> The play was favourably reviewed, with ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'' theatre critic Pat Donnelly writing that "it should be a kickoff, not a swan song".<ref name=passages />

Cureton died on March 2, 1994, aged 28, at his family's home in Ottawa,<ref name=passages /> while working on a planned production of ''Passages'' in [Toronto](/source/Toronto).<ref name=citizen />

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