Elliott Hayes (June 22, 1956 – February 28, 1994) was an aspiring Canadian playwright when he was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver.
He graduated from the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, and worked in Hollywood for several years before returning to Canada in 1981.
He then served for many years as the literary manager, dramaturge and occasional lyricist and assistant director at the Stratford Festival.
[3] His career was brief but produced several important works, including short stories, novels, poems and plays.
His most produced work, Homeward Bound, was noted by author Margaret Atwood as "a brisk, intricate, and tightly-strung play with a lot of laughter", and by Canadian journalist Richard Ouzounian as "one of the greatest plays that anybody has written in this country in my lifetime".