[Candrama] Candrama Digest, Vol 39, Issue 6
PGC Membership Rebecca Burton
membership at playwrightsguild.ca
Wed Aug 21 16:08:10 EDT 2019
Also, more recently, Catherine Frid's *Homegrown*.
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> 1. Re: Information on Banned or Censored Plays (Don Rubin)
> 2. Re: Information on Banned or Censored Plays (Brian Morton)
> 3. Re: Information on Banned or Censored Plays (Don Rubin)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 22:13:27 +0000
> From: Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca>
> To: Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy at tru.ca>
> Cc: "candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca"
> <candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Candrama] Information on Banned or Censored Plays
> Message-ID: <E69AD046-C4C0-4D8F-9454-15298DD5A4FB at yorku.ca>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Futz in Toronto. Lot of studies on the case. Also Passe Muraille’s We
> Love You Baby Blue.
>
> Don Rubin
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 16, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy at tru.ca<mailto:
> Gratsoy at tru.ca>> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I am posting this request for information on behalf of the President and
> AD of City Stage in New Westminster, BC. If you can assist, please respond
> directly to either Christopher Walmsley (cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:
> cwalmsley at tru.ca>) or Renee Bucciarelli (renee at fraj.com<mailto:
> renee at fraj.com>). Many thanks.
>
>
> We are interested in hearing about Canadian plays that were banned or
> censored by authorities of various kinds--police, theatre boards, censors,
> municipal/provincial governments.
>
> In Vancouver, British Columbia we are aware that Tobacco Road (1953), the
> Beard (1970) and Captive of the Faceless Drummer (1970) all were
> controversial to the point of being shut down.
>
> Are there any more examples from British Columbia?
>
> Were there censored/banned plays in the rest of Canada during the 20th
> century?
>
> Thanks for taking the time to reply!
>
> Christopher Walmsley (President) cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley at tru.ca>
> Renee Bucciarelli ( Artistic Director) renee at fraj.com<mailto:
> renee at fraj.com>
>
> City Stage New Westminster
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:57:46 -0400
> From: Brian Morton <mortonbg1999 at gmail.com>
> To: Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca>
> Cc: Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy at tru.ca>,
> "candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca"
> <candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>, Christopher Walmsley
> <cwalmsley at tru.ca>, Renee Bucciarelli <renee at fraj.com>
> Subject: Re: [Candrama] Information on Banned or Censored Plays
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> There is a 1974 issue of Canadian Theatre Review, that discusses
> "Theatre Censorship in Canada".. I still own a copy of that issue on
> the bookshelf.
>
> And yes, Jim Garrard and FUTZ, at Rochdale College in 1969, definitely
> springs to
> mind. The CBC radio archives had some interviews about this online
> for quite a while. I found the link again here.
> https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/futz-a-farmer-and-his-pig
>
> As does Michael Hollingsworth's CLEAR LIGHT at Toronto Free Theatre,
> and Ken Gass' WINTER OFFENSIVE at the Factory.
>
> The cancellation of Brad Fraser's play POOR SUPER MAN, at the
> Stephenwolf Theatre in Chicago, in the early 1990s.
>
> More recent controversies would be Hillar Latoja and DNA Theatre's
> play PAULA AND KARL, or a production that toured the CAFF Fringe
> circuit about 18 years ago called THE HAPPY C_NT.
>
> Not a theatre production, but Ivan Rietman's 1969 student film at
> McMaster University, THE COLUMBUS OF SEX, which led to a prosecution for
> film obscenity in Hamilton. I have spent years trying to turn that
> story into a stage play.
>
> A pity that the original poster asked the information to be sent off
> listserv, as I would have been interested in reading the responses.
>
> Brian Morton
>
> On 8/16/19, Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca> wrote:
> > Futz in Toronto. Lot of studies on the case. Also Passe Muraille’s We
> Love
> > You Baby Blue.
> >
> > Don Rubin
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Aug 16, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ginny Ratsoy
> > <Gratsoy at tru.ca<mailto:Gratsoy at tru.ca>> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Colleagues:
> >
> > I am posting this request for information on behalf of the President and
> AD
> > of City Stage in New Westminster, BC. If you can assist, please respond
> > directly to either Christopher Walmsley
> > (cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley at tru.ca>) or Renee Bucciarelli
> > (renee at fraj.com<mailto:renee at fraj.com>). Many thanks.
> >
> >
> > We are interested in hearing about Canadian plays that were banned or
> > censored by authorities of various kinds--police, theatre boards,
> censors,
> > municipal/provincial governments.
> >
> > In Vancouver, British Columbia we are aware that Tobacco Road (1953), the
> > Beard (1970) and Captive of the Faceless Drummer (1970) all were
> > controversial to the point of being shut down.
> >
> > Are there any more examples from British Columbia?
> >
> > Were there censored/banned plays in the rest of Canada during the 20th
> > century?
> >
> > Thanks for taking the time to reply!
> >
> > Christopher Walmsley (President) cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:
> cwalmsley at tru.ca>
> > Renee Bucciarelli ( Artistic Director)
> > renee at fraj.com<mailto:renee at fraj.com>
> >
> > City Stage New Westminster
> > _______________________________________________
> > Candrama mailing list
> > Candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:
> Candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>
> > https://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/candrama
> >
>
>
> --
> Brian Morton
> www.theatre-erebus.ca
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:25:16 +0000
> From: Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca>
> To: Brian Morton <mortonbg1999 at gmail.com>
> Cc: Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy at tru.ca>,
> "candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca"
> <candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>, Christopher Walmsley
> <cwalmsley at tru.ca>, Renee Bucciarelli <renee at fraj.com>
> Subject: Re: [Candrama] Information on Banned or Censored Plays
> Message-ID: <e79fd3e3-eeff-0dc5-ff7d-535e3bef1220 at yorku.ca>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> yes, good memory.
>
> the issue is actually CTR 13 and it came out in January 1977. the issue
> itself was on the theme of "Obscenity and the Theatre." There's a
> picture of Paul Thompson wearing a strategically placed maple leaf on
> the cover.
>
> It includes a piece by Malcolm Page on The Beard and another on Passe
> Muraille's Baby Blue.
>
> Most libraries should have it. For some reason, many of the early issues
> of CTR are not properly indexed by U of T Press. But most major
> Canadian libraries would have CTR 13.
>
> Until my retirement last year, several students had referenced that
> issue for papers. And one of my grad students did a major study about
> ten years ago on the futz case itself.
>
> Don Rubin,
> Editor, CTR (1974-1982)
>
> On 2019-08-17 2:57 PM, Brian Morton wrote:
> > There is a 1974 issue of Canadian Theatre Review, that discusses
> > "Theatre Censorship in Canada".. I still own a copy of that issue on
> > the bookshelf.
> >
> > And yes, Jim Garrard and FUTZ, at Rochdale College in 1969, definitely
> > springs to
> > mind. The CBC radio archives had some interviews about this online
> > for quite a while. I found the link again here.
> > https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/futz-a-farmer-and-his-pig
> >
> > As does Michael Hollingsworth's CLEAR LIGHT at Toronto Free Theatre,
> > and Ken Gass' WINTER OFFENSIVE at the Factory.
> >
> > The cancellation of Brad Fraser's play POOR SUPER MAN, at the
> > Stephenwolf Theatre in Chicago, in the early 1990s.
> >
> > More recent controversies would be Hillar Latoja and DNA Theatre's
> > play PAULA AND KARL, or a production that toured the CAFF Fringe
> > circuit about 18 years ago called THE HAPPY C_NT.
> >
> > Not a theatre production, but Ivan Rietman's 1969 student film at
> > McMaster University, THE COLUMBUS OF SEX, which led to a prosecution for
> > film obscenity in Hamilton. I have spent years trying to turn that
> > story into a stage play.
> >
> > A pity that the original poster asked the information to be sent off
> > listserv, as I would have been interested in reading the responses.
> >
> > Brian Morton
> >
> > On 8/16/19, Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca> wrote:
> >> Futz in Toronto. Lot of studies on the case. Also Passe Muraille’s We
> Love
> >> You Baby Blue.
> >>
> >> Don Rubin
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> On Aug 16, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ginny Ratsoy
> >> <Gratsoy at tru.ca<mailto:Gratsoy at tru.ca>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear Colleagues:
> >>
> >> I am posting this request for information on behalf of the President
> and AD
> >> of City Stage in New Westminster, BC. If you can assist, please respond
> >> directly to either Christopher Walmsley
> >> (cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley at tru.ca>) or Renee Bucciarelli
> >> (renee at fraj.com<mailto:renee at fraj.com>). Many thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >> We are interested in hearing about Canadian plays that were banned or
> >> censored by authorities of various kinds--police, theatre boards,
> censors,
> >> municipal/provincial governments.
> >>
> >> In Vancouver, British Columbia we are aware that Tobacco Road (1953),
> the
> >> Beard (1970) and Captive of the Faceless Drummer (1970) all were
> >> controversial to the point of being shut down.
> >>
> >> Are there any more examples from British Columbia?
> >>
> >> Were there censored/banned plays in the rest of Canada during the 20th
> >> century?
> >>
> >> Thanks for taking the time to reply!
> >>
> >> Christopher Walmsley (President) cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:
> cwalmsley at tru.ca>
> >> Renee Bucciarelli ( Artistic Director)
> >> renee at fraj.com<mailto:renee at fraj.com>
> >>
> >> City Stage New Westminster
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Candrama mailing list
> >> Candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:
> Candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>
> >> https://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/candrama
> >>
> >
>
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