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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Esteemed colleagues:</p>

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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I teach a course on this area called "theatre in trouble" - that includes a few others plays that were either outright banned, or raised the ire and protests from government and authorities to such a point there were

 calls for their censorship. In addition to this list (and in the latter category) there's also (with some references):</p>

<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-CA"><br>

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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-CA">Tartuffe.</span></i></b><span lang="EN-CA"> Moliere. Specifically the production in Quebec in 1694.</span></p>

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<li><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://thedrummersrevenge.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/bishop-saint-valliers-moral-crusade/" id="LPlnk241730" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">https://thedrummersrevenge.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/bishop-saint-valliers-moral-crusade/</a></span><br>

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<span lang="EN-CA"> </span></li><li><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/la_croix_de_chevrieres_de_saint_vallier_jean_baptiste_de_2E.html" id="LPlnk894191" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/la_croix_de_chevrieres_de_saint_vallier_jean_baptiste_de_2E.html</a></span><br>

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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></b></li><li><span lang="EN-CA">Banham, Martin. “Canada 2. French Theatre in Canada to the Second World War.”

<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge UP. 1988. Pg 165-9.

</span></li></ul>

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font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Prest,

 J. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:

normal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Controversy in French Drama: Molière’s Tartuffe and the Struggle for Influence.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;">

 Palgrave MacMillan. 2014. Pages 193-197.</span></span></h1>

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</span></i></b></p>

<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-CA">The fairies are thirsty: a play.</span></i></b><span lang="EN-CA"> Boucher, Denise, (PS9553.O792 F413) </span></p>

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<li><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Les%20f%E9es%20ont%20soif" id="LPlnk928910" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Les%20f%E9es%20ont%20soif</a> – “The fairies are thirsty.”</span><br>

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<span lang="EN-CA"> </span></li><li><span lang="EN-CA">Hopkins, Elaine R. "Feminism and a Female Trinity in Denise Boucher's Les Fées ont soif,"

<i>American Review of Canadian Studies</i> 14.1 (1 March 1984):63–71.</span><br>

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<span lang="EN-CA"> </span></li><li><span lang="EN-CA">Anderson</span><span lang="EN-CA">, Marguerite. "Subversive Texts: Quebec Women Writers,"

<i>Studies in Canadian Literature</i>: 13.2 (1988).</span><br>

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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></i></b></li><li><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://performancewiki.ca/Denise_Boucher" id="LPlnk780028" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">https://performancewiki.ca/Denise_Boucher</a></span></li></ul>

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<li><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/les-fees-ont-soif-levolution-dune-piece-marquante-dc8de7f20dcc1a9b9a11605dcbd1c3f6" id="LPlnk800372" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/les-fees-ont-soif-levolution-dune-piece-marquante-dc8de7f20dcc1a9b9a11605dcbd1c3f6</a></span></li></ul>

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<li><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://curio.ca/fr/video/les-fees-ont-soif-et-la-censure-3812/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk889040" previewremoved="true">https://curio.ca/fr/video/les-fees-ont-soif-et-la-censure-3812/</a></span></li></ul>

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<b>ATP's production of </b></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-CA">Angels in America.</span></i></span></b><span lang="EN-CA"><b> Kushner, Tony.</b></span>

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA">Bennett, Susan. "Only in Alberta?

Angels in America and Canada." <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Theatre Research in Canada.

</i><a href="https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/issue/view/654" target="_parent" id="LPlnk737238" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">Volume 17 Number 2 / Fall 1996</a>.

</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA"></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>-

<span style="mso-tab-count:

1">   </span>https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/tric/article/view/7147/8206</span></p>

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<li><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Morrow, Martin and David Steinhart, "MLAs condemn ATP play before production</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">

</span>staged." <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Calgary</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Herald</i>; Calgary, Alta. 13 Sep. 1996: A.4.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">

</b><br>

<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></b></li><li><span lang="EN-CA">Filax, Gloria. 'Queer youth and Strange Representations in the Province of the "Severely Normal": Alberta in the 1990s.'<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 

</span></i>Chapter 10 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">"I Could Not Speak My Heart": Education and Social Justice for Gay and lesbian

<span class="searchword">youth. Eds. Cronin, Mary. McNinch, James. University of Regina. 2004. Pg.s 137- 161.

<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> <span class="exldetailsdisplayval">ISBN:0889771782. on course reserve.

</span></span><br>

<span lang="EN-CA"> </span></li><li><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Nichols, Liz. "Acting isn't heavenly, but Angels takes off."

<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Edmonton</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Journal.</i> Edmonton, Alta. 18 Oct. 1996: C.3.</span><br>

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<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span></li><li><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Martin, Don . "Angels in America: The sequel: It's easy to be a critic before the house lights dim."

<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Calgary</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Herald:</i><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 

</span>Calgary, Alta. 27 Sep 1996: A.15.</span><br>

<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></li><li><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Stockland, Peter. "Angels in America: The sequel: Pump vigor into the arts -- let's all boo and hiss". Calgary Herald ; Calgary, Alta. 27 Sep 1996: A.15.</span><br>

<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></li><li><span lang="EN-CA">Mar, Gary. <em>Alberta</em><em> Hansard</em> 26 May 1994: 2126</span></li></ul>

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-CA">Homegrown.</span></i></b><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 

</span><b>Frid, Catherine </b>- <a href="https://www.canadianplayoutlet.com/products/homegrown" id="LPlnk510996" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">

https://www.canadianplayoutlet.com/products/homegrown</a></span></p>

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<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/j-kelly-nestruck/" id="LPlnk766311" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">

<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Nestruck, J. Kelly </a>and <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/guy-dixon/" id="LPlnk718254" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">

Guy Dixon </a>“Ottawa cancels funding for Toronto theatre festival that presented terrorist play.” The Globe and Mail. June 27, 2011 Updated April 30, 2018.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 

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</span>- <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/ottawa-cancels-funding-for-toronto-theatre-festival-that-presented-terrorist-play/article584814/" id="LPlnk489488" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/ottawa-cancels-funding-for-toronto-theatre-festival-that-presented-terrorist-play/article584814/</a></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>- Ryan,

<span class="post-author">Ashleigh.</span> <cite><a href="https://www.webcitation.org/5rtDJT79D?url=http://www.torontolife.com/daily/hype/curtain-call/2010/08/06/pmo-claims-summerworks-play-glorifies-terrorism-only-toronto-sun-agrees/" id="LPlnk567899" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">"PMO

claims SummerWorks play "glorifies terrorism," only Toronto Sun agrees"</a>.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Life" title="Toronto Life" id="LPlnk520116" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">

Toronto Life</a>. 2010-08-10. Archived from the original on 2010-08-10</cite><span class="reference-accessdate"><i>. Retrieved

</i></span><span class="nowrap"><i>2010-08-10</i></span><cite> - - </cite><cite><span style="font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"></span><a href="https://www.webcitation.org/5rtDJT79D?url=http://www.torontolife.com/daily/hype/curtain-call/2010/08/06/pmo-claims-summerworks-play-glorifies-terrorism-only-toronto-sun-agrees/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk871663" previewremoved="true">https://www.webcitation.org/5rtDJT79D?url=http://www.torontolife.com/daily/hype/curtain-call/2010/08/06/pmo-claims-summerworks-play-glorifies-terrorism-only-toronto-sun-agrees/</a><br>

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<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/james-bradshaw" title="Go to James Bradshaw’s author page" id="LPlnk922295" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">

Bradshaw</a>, James. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Festival head takes issue with PMO criticism of play.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 

</span>The Globe and Mail.</i> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:13.5pt"><span lang="EN-CA">Thursday, Aug. 05, 2010. Last updated Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 3:18PM EDT

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<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/festival-head-takes-issue-with-pmo-criticism-of-play/article1663807/" id="LPlnk927365" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/festival-head-takes-issue-with-pmo-criticism-of-play/article1663807/</a></span></p>

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mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="EN-CA"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-CA"><i>The Provincial Association</i></span> Preston, Henry W.</b><i><b> </b></i></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-CA"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> - </span>

The St. John’s Theatre riot of 1845</span><span lang="EN-CA"> - https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/issue/view/675</span>

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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Les Belle Souers. Tremblay Michele - about which at least one Catholic Cardinal referred to as "pure filth".

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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">And, of course, <br>

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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Eight Men Speak - by a committee of Oscar Ryan, E. Cecil-Smith, Frank Love and Mildred Goldberg.

</span>Shut down by authorities in 1933 for its socialist sentiments. <br>

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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Best</p>

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   1. Re: Information on Banned or Censored Plays (Don Rubin)<br>

   2. Re: Information on Banned or Censored Plays (Brian Morton)<br>

   3. Re: Information on Banned or Censored Plays (Don Rubin)<br>

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Message: 1<br>

Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 22:13:27 +0000<br>

From: Don Rubin <drubin@yorku.ca><br>

To: Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy@tru.ca><br>

Cc: "candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca"<br>

        <candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca><br>

Subject: Re: [Candrama] Information on Banned or Censored Plays<br>

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Futz in Toronto.  Lot of studies on the case. Also Passe Muraille’s We Love You Baby Blue.<br>

<br>

Don Rubin<br>

<br>

Sent from my iPad<br>

<br>

On Aug 16, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy@tru.ca<mailto:Gratsoy@tru.ca>> wrote:<br>

<br>

Dear Colleagues:<br>

<br>

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@tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca>) or Renee Bucciarelli (renee@fraj.com<mailto:renee@fraj.com>).

 Many thanks.<br>

<br>

<br>

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.<br>

<br>

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.<br>

<br>

Are there any more examples from British Columbia?<br>

<br>

Were there censored/banned plays in the rest of Canada during the 20th century?<br>

<br>

Thanks for taking the time to reply!<br>

<br>

Christopher Walmsley (President)  cwalmsley@tru.ca<<a href="mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca" id="LPlnk509413" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca</a>>  Renee Bucciarelli  ( Artistic Director)  renee@fraj.com<<a href="mailto:renee@fraj.com" id="LPlnk132841" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">mailto:renee@fraj.com</a>><br>

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Message: 2<br>

Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:57:46 -0400<br>

From: Brian Morton <mortonbg1999@gmail.com><br>

To: Don Rubin <drubin@yorku.ca><br>

Cc: Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy@tru.ca>,<br>

        "candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca"<br>

        <candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>,  Christopher Walmsley<br>

        <cwalmsley@tru.ca>, Renee Bucciarelli <renee@fraj.com><br>

Subject: Re: [Candrama] Information on Banned or Censored Plays<br>

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There is a 1974 issue of Canadian Theatre Review, that discusses<br>

"Theatre Censorship in Canada".. I still own a copy of that issue on<br>

the bookshelf.<br>

<br>

And yes, Jim Garrard and FUTZ, at Rochdale College in 1969, definitely<br>

springs to<br>

mind.  The CBC radio archives had some interviews about this online<br>

for quite a while.  I found the link again here.<br>

<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/futz-a-farmer-and-his-pig" id="LPlnk81878" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/futz-a-farmer-and-his-pig</a><br>

<br>

As does Michael Hollingsworth's CLEAR LIGHT at Toronto Free Theatre,<br>

and Ken Gass' WINTER OFFENSIVE at the Factory.<br>

<br>

The cancellation of Brad Fraser's play POOR SUPER MAN, at the<br>

Stephenwolf Theatre in Chicago, in the early 1990s.<br>

<br>

More recent controversies would be Hillar Latoja and DNA Theatre's<br>

play PAULA AND KARL, or a production that toured the CAFF Fringe<br>

circuit about 18 years ago called THE HAPPY C_NT.<br>

<br>

Not a theatre production, but Ivan Rietman's 1969 student film at<br>

McMaster University, THE COLUMBUS OF SEX, which led to a prosecution for<br>

film obscenity in Hamilton.   I have spent years trying to turn that<br>

story into a stage play.<br>

<br>

A pity that the original poster asked the information to be sent off<br>

listserv, as I would have been interested in reading the responses.<br>

<br>

Brian Morton<br>

<br>

On 8/16/19, Don Rubin <drubin@yorku.ca> wrote:<br>

> Futz in Toronto.  Lot of studies on the case. Also Passe Muraille’s We Love<br>

> You Baby Blue.<br>

><br>

> Don Rubin<br>

><br>

> Sent from my iPad<br>

><br>

> On Aug 16, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ginny Ratsoy<br>

> <Gratsoy@tru.ca<mailto:Gratsoy@tru.ca>> wrote:<br>

><br>

> Dear Colleagues:<br>

><br>

> I am posting this request for information on behalf of the President and AD<br>

> of City Stage in New Westminster, BC. If you can assist, please respond<br>

> directly to either Christopher Walmsley<br>

> (cwalmsley@tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca>) or Renee Bucciarelli<br>

> (renee@fraj.com<mailto:renee@fraj.com>). Many thanks.<br>

><br>

><br>

> We are interested in hearing about Canadian plays that were banned or<br>

> censored by authorities of various kinds--police, theatre boards, censors,<br>

> municipal/provincial governments.<br>

><br>

> In Vancouver, British Columbia we are aware that Tobacco Road (1953), the<br>

> Beard (1970) and Captive of the Faceless Drummer (1970) all were<br>

> controversial to the point of being shut down.<br>

><br>

> Are there any more examples from British Columbia?<br>

><br>

> Were there censored/banned plays in the rest of Canada during the 20th<br>

> century?<br>

><br>

> Thanks for taking the time to reply!<br>

><br>

> Christopher Walmsley (President)  cwalmsley@tru.ca<<a href="mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca" id="LPlnk757082" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca</a>><br>

> Renee Bucciarelli  ( Artistic Director)<br>

> renee@fraj.com<<a href="mailto:renee@fraj.com" id="LPlnk653678" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">mailto:renee@fraj.com</a>><br>

><br>

> City Stage New Westminster<br>

> _______________________________________________<br>

> Candrama mailing list<br>

> Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca><br>

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https://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/candrama</a><br>

><br>

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-- <br>

Brian Morton<br>

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Message: 3<br>

Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:25:16 +0000<br>

From: Don Rubin <drubin@yorku.ca><br>

To: Brian Morton <mortonbg1999@gmail.com><br>

Cc: Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy@tru.ca>,<br>

        "candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca"<br>

        <candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>, Christopher Walmsley<br>

        <cwalmsley@tru.ca>, Renee Bucciarelli <renee@fraj.com><br>

Subject: Re: [Candrama] Information on Banned or Censored Plays<br>

Message-ID: <e79fd3e3-eeff-0dc5-ff7d-535e3bef1220@yorku.ca><br>

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<br>

yes, good memory.<br>

<br>

the issue is actually CTR 13 and it came out in January 1977. the issue <br>

itself was on the theme of "Obscenity and the Theatre." There's a <br>

picture of Paul Thompson wearing a strategically placed maple leaf on <br>

the cover.<br>

<br>

It includes a piece by Malcolm Page on The Beard and another on Passe <br>

Muraille's Baby Blue.<br>

<br>

Most libraries should have it. For some reason, many of the early issues <br>

of CTR are not properly indexed by U of T Press.  But most major <br>

Canadian libraries would have CTR 13.<br>

<br>

Until my retirement last year, several students had referenced that <br>

issue for papers. And one of my grad students did a major study about <br>

ten years ago on the futz case itself.<br>

<br>

Don Rubin,<br>

Editor, CTR (1974-1982)<br>

<br>

On 2019-08-17 2:57 PM, Brian Morton wrote:<br>

> There is a 1974 issue of Canadian Theatre Review, that discusses<br>

> "Theatre Censorship in Canada".. I still own a copy of that issue on<br>

> the bookshelf.<br>

><br>

> And yes, Jim Garrard and FUTZ, at Rochdale College in 1969, definitely<br>

> springs to<br>

> mind.  The CBC radio archives had some interviews about this online<br>

> for quite a while.  I found the link again here.<br>

> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/futz-a-farmer-and-his-pig" id="LPlnk125759" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">

https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/futz-a-farmer-and-his-pig</a><br>

><br>

> As does Michael Hollingsworth's CLEAR LIGHT at Toronto Free Theatre,<br>

> and Ken Gass' WINTER OFFENSIVE at the Factory.<br>

><br>

> The cancellation of Brad Fraser's play POOR SUPER MAN, at the<br>

> Stephenwolf Theatre in Chicago, in the early 1990s.<br>

><br>

> More recent controversies would be Hillar Latoja and DNA Theatre's<br>

> play PAULA AND KARL, or a production that toured the CAFF Fringe<br>

> circuit about 18 years ago called THE HAPPY C_NT.<br>

><br>

> Not a theatre production, but Ivan Rietman's 1969 student film at<br>

> McMaster University, THE COLUMBUS OF SEX, which led to a prosecution for<br>

> film obscenity in Hamilton.   I have spent years trying to turn that<br>

> story into a stage play.<br>

><br>

> A pity that the original poster asked the information to be sent off<br>

> listserv, as I would have been interested in reading the responses.<br>

><br>

> Brian Morton<br>

><br>

> On 8/16/19, Don Rubin <drubin@yorku.ca> wrote:<br>

>> Futz in Toronto.  Lot of studies on the case. Also Passe Muraille’s We Love<br>

>> You Baby Blue.<br>

>><br>

>> Don Rubin<br>

>><br>

>> Sent from my iPad<br>

>><br>

>> On Aug 16, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ginny Ratsoy<br>

>> <Gratsoy@tru.ca<mailto:Gratsoy@tru.ca>> wrote:<br>

>><br>

>> Dear Colleagues:<br>

>><br>

>> I am posting this request for information on behalf of the President and AD<br>

>> of City Stage in New Westminster, BC. If you can assist, please respond<br>

>> directly to either Christopher Walmsley<br>

>> (cwalmsley@tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca>) or Renee Bucciarelli<br>

>> (renee@fraj.com<mailto:renee@fraj.com>). Many thanks.<br>

>><br>

>><br>

>> We are interested in hearing about Canadian plays that were banned or<br>

>> censored by authorities of various kinds--police, theatre boards, censors,<br>

>> municipal/provincial governments.<br>

>><br>

>> In Vancouver, British Columbia we are aware that Tobacco Road (1953), the<br>

>> Beard (1970) and Captive of the Faceless Drummer (1970) all were<br>

>> controversial to the point of being shut down.<br>

>><br>

>> Are there any more examples from British Columbia?<br>

>><br>

>> Were there censored/banned plays in the rest of Canada during the 20th<br>

>> century?<br>

>><br>

>> Thanks for taking the time to reply!<br>

>><br>

>> Christopher Walmsley (President)  cwalmsley@tru.ca<<a href="mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca" id="LPlnk436157" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca</a>><br>

>> Renee Bucciarelli  ( Artistic Director)<br>

>> renee@fraj.com<<a href="mailto:renee@fraj.com" id="LPlnk105970" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">mailto:renee@fraj.com</a>><br>

>><br>

>> City Stage New Westminster<br>

>> _______________________________________________<br>

>> Candrama mailing list<br>

>> Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca><br>

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https://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/candrama</a><br>

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