<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>And just for fun....how about Bryan Wade's "Blitzreig"?</div><div><br></div><div>Daf<br><br>David Ferry<div>Appledore Productions</div><div>416 433 5826</div><div><a href="mailto:appledor@sympatico.ca">appledor@sympatico.ca</a></div><div><a href="http://davidferry.workbooklive.com">davidferry.workbooklive.com</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Nov 2, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Wes Pearce <<a href="mailto:Wes.Pearce@UREGINA.CA">Wes.Pearce@UREGINA.CA</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>It's an increasingly complex list but the pragmatic question is how many are still in print or otherwise easily available for use in the classroom? And yes, I'm being rhetorical and do not need responses.</div><div><br></div><div>Wes<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Nov 2, 2013, at 1:51 PM, "Matt Jones <<a href="mailto:mf.jones@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA">mf.jones@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA</a>>" <<a href="mailto:mf.jones@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA">mf.jones@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">Also, David Fennario, The Death of René Levesque.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Matt</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 2013-11-02 2:06 PM, "Don Rubin" <<a href="mailto:drubin@yorku.ca">drubin@yorku.ca</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
didn't someone do a play on joey smallwood at some point?<br>
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and how about george ryga's paracelsus?<br>
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don rubin<br>
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On 2013-10-30 5:51 PM, Day, Moira wrote:<br>
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Tecumseh by Charles Mair<br>
On 2013-10-30, at 3:51 PM, Julie Salverson wrote:<br>
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Two more by Sharon Pollock: Walsh, and The Komagata Maru Incident<br>
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Julie<br>
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"We are all jokers: We will survive our problems." Jean-Luc Godard<br>
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Dr. Julie Salverson<br>
Department of Drama<br>
Queen's University<br>
Kingston, Ontario<br>
Canada<br>
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*Subject:*Re: Looking for Canadian biogrpahical dramas<br>
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Hi Tony,<br>
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I'll probably think of even more later but Riel, The Trial of Louis Riel and The Crime of Louis Riel all by John Coulter.<br>
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Moira<br>
On 2013-10-30, at 3:10 PM, Annie Gibson wrote:<br>
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Hi Tony,<br>
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Here are a few more!<br>
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Annie Mae's Movement by Yvette Nolan<br>
Einstein's Gift by Vern Thiessen<br>
Flying on Her Own by Charlie Rhindress<br>
How Do I Love Thee? by Florence Gibson MacDonald<br>
In the Freedom of Dreams: The Story of Nelson Mandela by Michael Miller (TYA)<br>
Living Curiosities, or What You Will by Mary Vingoe<br>
The Duchess by Linda Griffiths<br>
The Blue Light by Mieko Ouchi<br>
Oil & Water by Robert Chafe<br>
Red Emma by Carol Bolt<br>
Rick: The Rick Hansen Story by Dennis Foon (TYA)<br>
Tempting Providence by Robert Chafe<br>
The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion by Stephen Massicotte<br>
Moving Pictures by Sharon Pollock<br>
Angel's Trumpet by Sharon Pollock<br>
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Take care,<br>
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Annie<br>
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Annie Gibson<br>
Publisher<br>
Playwrights Canada Press Ltd.<br>
Phone: <a href="tel:416-703-0013" value="+14167030013" target="_blank">416-703-0013</a><br>
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:13 PM, T. Berto<<a href="mailto:aberto@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">aberto@uoguelph.ca</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:aberto@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">aberto@uoguelph.ca</a>>><u></u>wrote:<br>
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Hello Candram:<br>
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Wondering if you could help. I'm trying to put together a<br>
reading list of Canadian biographical dramas for a first year<br>
course. That is plays that are based on real person(s) from history.<br>
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I have a few but would love to get more. Here's what I've come<br>
up with off the top of my head.<br>
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Bill Bishop goes to war - Eric Peterson<br>
Walsh - Sharon Pollock<br>
It's all true - Jason Sherman<br>
His Greatness - Daniel MacIvor<br>
The Golden Thug - Edward Roy<br>
Cavafy<br>
Pasolini/Pelosi/<br>
/Capote at Yado/<br>
/In WhichPier Paolo Pasolini<br>
<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_Paolo_Pasolini" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<u></u>Pier_Paolo_Pasolini</a>>Sees His Own<br>
Death in the Face of a Boy<br>
My Night With Tennessee<br>
More Divine<br>
The Emotionalists - all by Sky Gilbert<br>
Alien Creature: A Visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwen<br>
<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alien_Creature:_A_Visitation_from_Gwendolyn_MacEwen&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/<u></u>index.php?title=Alien_<u></u>Creature:_A_Visitation_from_<u></u>Gwendolyn_MacEwen&action=edit&<u></u>redlink=1</a>><br>
Maggie and Pierre - Linda Griffiths<br>
Detaining Mr. Trotsky<br>
<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Detaining_Mr._Trotsky&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/<u></u>index.php?title=Detaining_Mr._<u></u>Trotsky&action=edit&redlink=1</a>><u></u>byRobert<br>
Fothergil<br>
<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Fothergill_%28playwright%29&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/<u></u>index.php?title=Robert_<u></u>Fothergill_%28playwright%29&<u></u>action=edit&redlink=1</a>>l<br>
The Palace at the End - Judith Thompson<br>
Angelique<br>
<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angelique_%28play%29&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/<u></u>index.php?title=Angelique_%<u></u>28play%29&action=edit&redlink=<u></u>1</a>>byLorena<br>
Lillian Gale<br>
<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorena_Lillian_Gale&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/<u></u>index.php?title=Lorena_<u></u>Lillian_Gale&action=edit&<u></u>redlink=1</a>>[<br>
<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_plays_%28A-F%29#cite_note-41" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<u></u>List_of_Canadian_plays_%28A-F%<u></u>29#cite_note-41</a>><br>
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Dr. T. Berto<br>
School of English and Theatre Studies,<br>
University of Guelph.<br>
<a href="mailto:aberto@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">aberto@uoguelph.ca</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:aberto@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">aberto@uoguelph.ca</a>><br>
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