untamed in a very dangerous way". However, other critics have found the script "pretentious and shallow" and the character of Isobel "obnoxious." Awards In 1991, Judith Thompson received a Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award for Lion in the Streets. This is a $25,000 award for plays by Canadian playwrights and performed in the Toronto area, named after Floyd Chalmers, the editor, publisher, and philanthropist. Adaptations In 2002, Ed Gass-Donnelly directed a 6-minute film, Dying Like Ophelia, based on the scene between the characters Joanne and Rhonda. References External links Lion in the Streets at the Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia Plays by Judith Thompson 1990 plays