Career
lieutenant was performed at the Stratford Festival of Canada and was aired, in part, on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Bravo Channel. Needles" childhood was divided between Toronto and his family"s farm at Rosemont, Ontario. While working as editor for a local newspaper in Shelburne, he created the character of Walt Wingfield, a retired stockbroker turned farmer who told about his adventures on the farm in weekly letters to the editors
In 1985, Needles launched the series with "Letter From Wingfield Farm" performed by actor Rod Beattie.
Six sequels followed, including Wingfield"s Progress (1987), Wingfield"s Folly (1990), Wingfield Unbound (1997), Wingfield on Ice (2001), Wingfield"s Inferno (2005), and Wingfield: Lost and Foundation (2009). Needles currently writes columns for Country Guide Magazine and Small Farm Canada.
His most recent book is a collection of the first through seventh Wingfield plays entitled Wingfield"s World. Letters From Wingfield Farm and Wingfield"s Hope contain the first through third and fourth through sixth plays, respectively.
Needles" other plays include The Perils of Persephone, Editor"s Garage and The Last Christmas Turkey.
