theatre sets & backdrops

[BOURASSA ANDRE G]

Bonjour!
There is a study on drop painters in Quebec: Renee Noiseux-Gurik, "A la
recherche des peintres sceniques du Monument-National", _Les Cahiers de la
Societe d'histoire du theatre du Quebec_, no 1, septembre 1990, p. 5-23.
An issue of _L'Annuaire theatral_, "La scenographie au Quebec", no 11,
printemps 1992, ill. A memoir for the Master's degree by Mario Bouchard,
UQAM, has been published: _L'Art de la scene: passe-present. Scenographie
quebecoise, 1940-1990_, Montreal, Association des professionnels des arts
de la scene, 1991, ill. A memoir for Master's degree by Philip Dombowsky,
Cordordia, _Emmanuel Briffa Revisited_, 1995. References and historical
informations on drop painters having worked on the "Main" in Andre G.
Bourassa and Jean-Marc Larrue, _Les Nuits de la "Main". Cent ans de
spectacles sur le boulevard Saint-Laurent (1891-1991)_, Montreal, Vlb Ed.,
1993, ill. (about Alexandre Bercovitch, Henri Bousquet, Robert LaPalme,
Alfred Pellan, Toussaint-Xenophon Renaud, Joseph Steinberg....).
About what has been preserved and should be exposed in the future Musee
des arts de la scene, see Michel Vais, president of a comittee which
worked for many years on the subject and has presented a memoir to the
Secretary of State, with a list of the most important artefacts that have
been recorded. I told Shawn privately about this.
Sorry for the bad quality of my English...
Andre G. Bourassa.

On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Richard Plant wrote:

> Hello Shawn:
>
> To my knowledge no study of drops has been done in English Canada; I
> beleive the same is true for theatre in French both inside and outside
> Quebec. However, there are several people who know quite a lot about the
> area, but notably, Patrick O'Neill at Mount Saint Vincent University.
> Denis Salter at McGill; MAry E Smith at Univ of New Brunswick (Saint
> John). A student in my graduate class in Toronto, Audrey Portanier, is
> currently doing research on a theatre in Lunenburg. Jean Marc LArrue and
> Andre G Bourassa would also be able to shed light on the subject. In all
> modesty, even I know something -- and it's an area I have long been
> interested in (as is the case for thoseothers I mentioned).
>
> I am writing this as a quick reply. If I spent a bit of time thinking
> about it, I might come up with others. In fact, I expect Stephen Johnson
> at McMaster could assist.
>
> Richard Plant
>