<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">The Man in the Glass Booth by Robert Shaw was cancelled at Saidye Bronfman Theatre by the board in 1971, which as I recall, led to AD Marion Andre’s resignation.<div><br></div><div>And one might argue that the pulling of Jason Sherman’s play about Marshall McLuhan (The Message) from a season in 2003 was the result of a kind of self imposed (by the Theatre’s management/board) censorship.<br><div><br></div><div>And then..there was the cancellation of a whole season of new Canadian plays by the Canadian Stage Board which was brought about by the forcing out of AD Guy Sprung in the 80s. <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">David Ferry<br>Appledore Productions<br><a href="tel:416%20433%205826" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/1" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">416 433 5826</a><br><a href="mailto:appledor@sympatico.ca" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/2" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">appledor@sympatico.ca</a><br><a href="http://davidferry.workbooklive.com/" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/3" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">davidferry.workbooklive.com</a><br><br>thaumaturgy with dramaturgy<br></span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Try again. Fail again. Fail better. (Samuel Beckett. Worstward ho.)</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Aug 17, 2019, at 4:27 PM, Brian Morton <<a href="mailto:mortonbg1999@gmail.com">mortonbg1999@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>There is a 1974 issue of Canadian Theatre Review, that discusses</span><br><span>"Theatre Censorship in Canada".. I still own a copy of that issue on</span><br><span>the bookshelf.</span><br><span></span><br><span>And yes, Jim Garrard and FUTZ, at Rochdale College in 1969, definitely</span><br><span>springs to</span><br><span>mind. The CBC radio archives had some interviews about this online</span><br><span>for quite a while. I found the link again here.</span><br><span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/futz-a-farmer-and-his-pig">https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/futz-a-farmer-and-his-pig</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>As does Michael Hollingsworth's CLEAR LIGHT at Toronto Free Theatre,</span><br><span>and Ken Gass' WINTER OFFENSIVE at the Factory.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The cancellation of Brad Fraser's play POOR SUPER MAN, at the</span><br><span>Stephenwolf Theatre in Chicago, in the early 1990s.</span><br><span></span><br><span>More recent controversies would be Hillar Latoja and DNA Theatre's</span><br><span>play PAULA AND KARL, or a production that toured the CAFF Fringe</span><br><span>circuit about 18 years ago called THE HAPPY C_NT.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Not a theatre production, but Ivan Rietman's 1969 student film at</span><br><span>McMaster University, THE COLUMBUS OF SEX, which led to a prosecution for</span><br><span>film obscenity in Hamilton. I have spent years trying to turn that</span><br><span>story into a stage play.</span><br><span></span><br><span>A pity that the original poster asked the information to be sent off</span><br><span>listserv, as I would have been interested in reading the responses.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Brian Morton</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 8/16/19, Don Rubin <<a href="mailto:drubin@yorku.ca">drubin@yorku.ca</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Futz in Toronto. Lot of studies on the case. Also Passe Muraille’s We Love</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>You Baby Blue.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Don Rubin</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent from my iPad</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Aug 16, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ginny Ratsoy</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:Gratsoy@tru.ca">Gratsoy@tru.ca</a><<a href="mailto:Gratsoy@tru.ca">mailto:Gratsoy@tru.ca</a>>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dear Colleagues:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I am posting this request for information on behalf of the President and AD</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of City Stage in New Westminster, BC. If you can assist, please respond</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>directly to either Christopher Walmsley</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(<a href="mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca">cwalmsley@tru.ca</a><<a href="mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca">mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca</a>>) or Renee Bucciarelli</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(<a href="mailto:renee@fraj.com">renee@fraj.com</a><<a href="mailto:renee@fraj.com">mailto:renee@fraj.com</a>>). Many thanks.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>We are interested in hearing about Canadian plays that were banned or</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>censored by authorities of various kinds--police, theatre boards, censors,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>municipal/provincial governments.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>In Vancouver, British Columbia we are aware that Tobacco Road (1953), the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Beard (1970) and Captive of the Faceless Drummer (1970) all were</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>controversial to the point of being shut down.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Are there any more examples from British Columbia?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Were there censored/banned plays in the rest of Canada during the 20th</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>century?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks for taking the time to reply!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Christopher Walmsley (President) <a href="mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca">cwalmsley@tru.ca</a><<a href="mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca">mailto:cwalmsley@tru.ca</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Renee Bucciarelli ( Artistic Director)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:renee@fraj.com">renee@fraj.com</a><<a href="mailto:renee@fraj.com">mailto:renee@fraj.com</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>City Stage New Westminster</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Candrama mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca">Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca</a><<a href="mailto:Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca">mailto:Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/candrama">https://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/candrama</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Brian Morton</span><br><span><a href="http://www.theatre-erebus.ca">www.theatre-erebus.ca</a></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Candrama mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca">Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca</a></span><br><span><a href="https://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/candrama">https://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/candrama</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>