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<p class="Default"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'">Seminar 3: The Playwrights of Atlantic Canada <O:P></O:P></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">This seminar will focus on the writing of the playwrights of Atlantic Canada, who can be counted among the best playwrights in Canada, if not the world. Mary Vingoe, former Artistic Director of Magnetic North Theatre Festival, has gone so far as to say that the playwrights of Atlantic Canada “are the finest poets of the Canadian stage.” These playwrights have been recognized for the quality of their work. As Wanda Graham said at the Merritt Awards in 2006, “our Atlantic plays and playwrights ... not only feature on our regional stages regularly, but on national and international stages, in collections, on shelves of libraries, in bookstores, and in University Theatre programs around the world.” However, many of these playwrights have received little serious, critical attention. (Some exceptions are Michael Cook, David French, and George Elliot Clarke.) Shelley Newman and Sherrill Grace have remarked about Wendy Lill that she “has created a substantial body of work that has received professional production but little critical analysis to date.” The same can be said about too many of the other playwrights of this region, including Daniel MacIvor, Robert Chafe, Kent Stetson, George Boyd, Bryden MacDonald, Colleen Wagner, and Michael Melski. Accomplished playwrights all, they have been interviewed, their plays produced and reviewed and nominated for awards. However, these playwrights have attracted nearly no scholarly attention to date. My hope is that this seminar will help to bring to at least some of the important playwrights of Atlantic Canada the scholarly attention that they and their plays deserve. <O:P></O:P></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Questions: </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Seminar participants might be interested in exploring some of the following questions, but exploration of other questions would also be welcomed: <O:P></O:P></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">1. What is the relationship between history/myth and the plays of this region? Playwright Michael Melski said to me a few years ago, “there is an enormous resource in the East of stories.” In what ways do these plays work to interrogate the assumptions of the history of this region and to rewrite these stories? Is the theatre of these playwrights a political theatre? <O:P></O:P></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">2. What work by contemporary playwrights in Atlantic Canada gets produced, where, why, how, and for whom? What work by contemporary playwrights in Atlantic Canada is not making it to production, and why? What plays get published? What plays do not get published? Why has so little serious <i>critical </i>attention been paid to the playwrights and plays of Atlantic Canada? <O:P></O:P></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">3. What sorts of connections can be made among the playwrights of Atlantic Canada themselves? Are there any connections that might be made between the playwrights of Atlantic Canada and the playwrights of other Atlantic regions, for example, the playwrights of Scotland or Ireland or Wales? With what other playwrights do these “poets of the Canadian stage” have an affinity? <O:P></O:P></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Interested participants are asked to submit 250-word abstracts to Linda Burnett (<a href="mailto:burnett@algomau.ca" target="_blank">burnett@algomau.ca</a>) by December 1, 2009. The seminar will be limited to twelve members. <O:P></O:P></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Séminaire 3 : Les dramaturges du Canada atlantique </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Linda Burnett (Collège universitaire Algoma) <O:P></O:P></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Le séminaire s’intéressera aux oeuvres des dramaturges du Canada atlantique, qui figurent parmi les meilleurs dramaturges au Canada, peut-être même au monde. Mary Vingoe, ancienne directrice artistique du festival de théâtre Magnetic North, a même osé dire des dramaturges du Canada atlantique qu’ils sont « les plus grands poètes à prendre parole sur la scène canadienne ». La qualité du travail de ces dramaturges leur a mérité une reconnaissance. Comme l’a dit Wanda Graham lors de la remise des prix Merritt en 2006, « la dramaturgie et les dramaturges du Canada atlantique… sont présents régulièrement non seulement sur la scène régionale, mais sur la scène nationale et internationale aussi, et de par le monde dans des collections, sur les rayons des bibliothèques et des librairies, dans les syllabus de programmes universitaires d’étude en théâtre. » Et pourtant, peu de ces dramaturges ont su attirer véritablement l’attention des critiques. (Les exceptions sont Michael Cook, David French et George Elliot Clarke, par exemple.) Shelley Newman et Sherrill Grace ont dit de Wendy Lill qu’elle « a créé une oeuvre importante qui a été produite professionnellement mais la critique a très peu parlé d’elle jusqu'à présent. » C’est le cas de bien trop de dramaturges de cette région, dont Daniel MacIvor, Robert Chafe, Kent Stetson, George Boyd, Bryden MacDonald, Colleen Wagner et Michael Melski. Ces dramaturges chevronnés ont tous participé à des entretiens, leurs pièces ont été produites et ont fait l’objet de critiques, ils ont été en lice pour des prix. Mais jusqu’à présent, le milieu universitaire s’est peu intéressé à eux. Il est à souhaiter que ce séminaire servira à intéresser au moins un peu les chercheurs aux dramaturges du Canada atlantique et à leur oeuvre. <O:P></O:P></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Questions : </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Les participants pourraient explorer quelques-unes des questions suivantes, auxquelles il sera certainement possible d’en ajouter d’autres : <O:P></O:P></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">1. Quel est le lien entre l’histoire/le mythe et la dramaturgie de cette région? Il y a quelques années, le dramaturge Michael Melski disait ceci : « on trouve dans les récits de l’Est une mine de ressources ». De quelles façons la dramaturgie du Canada atlantique remet-elle en question les idées toutes faites sur l’histoire de la région, et dans quelle mesure les réécrivent-elles? Le théâtre de ces dramaturges est-il politique? <O:P></O:P></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">2. Quelles oeuvres de dramaturges contemporains du Canada atlantique ont été mises en scène? Où, pourquoi, comment et pour qui? Lesquelles ne sont pas mises en scène, et <O:P></O:P></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">pourquoi? Quelles oeuvres sont publiées? Lesquelles ne le sont pas? Pourquoi les critiques se sont-ils si peu intéressés aux dramaturges et à la dramaturgie du Canada atlantique? <O:P></O:P></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">3. Quels types de liens peut-on retracer entre les dramaturges du Canada atlantique? Y a-t-il des liens à faire avec les dramaturges d’autres régions atlantiques – l’Écosse, l’Irlande ou le pays de Galle par exemple? Ces « poètes de la scène canadienne » ont-ils une affinité avec d’autres dramaturges? <O:P></O:P></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Les personnes intéressées sont priées d’envoyer un résumé de 250 mots à Linda Burnett (<a href="mailto:burnett@algomau.ca" target="_blank">burnett@algomau.ca</a>) au plus tard le 1</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">er </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">décembre 2009. La taille du groupe est fixée à 12 participants. Les responsables communiqueront avec les personnes choisies avant le 20 janvier 2010. Un mois avant le colloque, les participants devront envoyer aux autres membres du séminaire une première ébauche d’un bref article (10-12 pages à double interligne tout au plus). Ce faisant, il sera possible de lire tous les autres articles au préalable et de poser des questions avant le début du séminaire. Ainsi, la séance au colloque pourra servir de lieu d’échange au lieu d’être constitué tout simplement d’une série de présentations ou d’exposés définitifs.</span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><O:P></O:P></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Canadian Theatre Reserach [mailto:CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jenn Stephenson<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:04 AM<br><b>To:</b> CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA<br><b>Subject:</b> CATR conference submission deadline<O:P></O:P></span></p></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to all those who have already submitted proposals to the seminar leaders and to the programming committee for papers, workshops, and roundtables. For everyone else, this is just a reminder that the deadline for all submissions is 1 December. To view the full CFP and links to seminar calls go to : <O:P></O:P></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.catr-acrt.ca/?page_id=11" target="_blank">http://www.catr-acrt.ca/?page_id=11</a> If you have any questions please contact Jenn Stephenson (Program Committee Chair) at <a href="mailto:jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca" target="_blank">jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca</a><O:P></O:P></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Jenn Stephenson<O:P></O:P></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Phone. (613)533-6000 x78597<O:P></O:P></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Email. <a href="mailto:jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca" target="_blank">jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca</a><O:P></O:P></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Web. <a href="http://www.queensu.ca/drama/jstephenson" target="_blank">www.queensu.ca/drama/jstephenson</a><O:P></O:P></span></p>
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