Silversides lecture by playwright Paul Thompson

[Robin Atchison]

>Department of Drama and Speech Communication
>The 2007 Silversides Event
>
>The Department of Drama and Speech Communication 
>is pleased to announce Canadian playwright and 
>director PAUL THOMPSON as the 2007 Silversides 
>speaker at the 8th annual Silversides Event. The 
>event will be held at the UW Bookstore on 
>October 3rd at 12:30. Everyone is welcome to attend.
>
>Paul Thompson is a playwright and director born 
>in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. From 
>1971 to 1982, he served as Artistic Director of
>Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto, and from 1987 
>to 1991 as Director-General of the National 
>Theatre School in Montréal . For the past
>30 years Thompson has been involved in numerous 
>productions which have since become Canadian 
>classics, including Doukhobors (1971), The Farm 
>Show (1972), 1837: The Farmers' Revolt (1973), 
>Les Maudits Anglais (1978), and Maggie and 
>Pierre (1979). Thompson has directed shows in 
>theatres across Canada, including the Centaur 
>Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Blyth 
>Festival, Native Earth Performing Arts, and 
>De-ba-jeh-mu-jig theatre company on Manitoulin 
>Island. While his directorial output has been 
>eclectic, his style of theatre has been compared 
>to Roger Planchon's socially and politically committed theatre in France.
>
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