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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The Canadian Theatre Critics Association will be
holding its annual conference at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa October
15-17, 1999. Guests are invited. The CTCA schedule of events is as
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Friday, October 15:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>3 p.m.: Check in/registration, Capitol
Hill Hotel, 88 Albert St. Rooms: $89 taxes included, single or double. To
reserve, telephone 613-235-1413. Mention the CTCA to obtain the corporate rate.
<BR>6 p.m.: Dinner, Le Cafe of the National Arts Centre<BR>8 p.m.:
Theatre performances, NAC English and French Theatre or Theatre de l'lle,
Hull.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Saturday, October 16: Salon of the
NAC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>9:15 a.m.: Opening remarks, Shirley
Thomson, Director, The Canada Council.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>9:45 a.m.: Panel, "The National Arts
Centre--Past Present and Future" with Alvina Ruprecht, Chair; Peter
Herrendorf, Director General, NAC; Marti Maraden, English Theatre; Jean-Claude
Marcus, French Theatre and Tibor Egervari, University of Ottawa.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>11:45 Book launch of Herbert Whittaker's Setting
the Stage: Montreal Theatre, 1920-1949, edited by Jonathan Rittenhouse.
Introductions by Jeniva Berger, co-founder CTCA, Jonathan Rittenhouse and Aurele
Parisien, Editor, McGill-Queen's University Press. Remarks by Herbert
Whittaker.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>12:30: Lunch</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>2 p.m.: Panel, "Ethics and the
Critic" with Iris Winston, Chair; Jean-Louis Roux, John Coulbourn (Toronto
Sun), Micheline Chevrier (Great Canadian Theatre Company), Michel Vais (Jeu,
Radio Canada) and Robert Marinier (Theatre de la Vieile 17).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>6 p.m.: Dinner</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>8 p.m. Final dress rehearsal, Great
Canadian Theatre Company, The Orphan Muses.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Sunday, October 17: Foyer of La Nouvelle Scene,
King Edward Avenue near Rideau</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>10 a.m.: CTCA Annual General
Meeting</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>1 p.m.: Brunch</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The registration fee for the conference is $25,
made payable to the CTCA, and should be sent before October 5 to Jeniva Berger,
100 Burnside Drive, Toronto, ON M6G 2M8. For further information contact the
CTCA conference organizer, Alvina Ruprecht, at <A
href="mailto:aruprech@ccs.carleton.ca">aruprech@ccs.carleton.ca</A> or
(613)-728-3262.</FONT></DIV>
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