updates on the Atlantic Canada Theatre Site

[Moira Day]

Thanks for the update - and all the hard work - Ed. Sorry we won't be seeing you
in Saskatoon.

Moira

Quoting Edward Mullaly <emullaly at NBNET.NB.CA>:

> Hello one and all,
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> As I won't be at the Saskatoon conference, I thought I might impose for a
> few moments to bring you up to date on the year's additions to the ATLANTIC
> CANADA THEATRE SITE which, as you know, is Atlantic in its origins but much
> wider in its resources. http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Theatre/index.html
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> n  Bibliography: John Ball's 2006 bibliography additions are now in place.
> Also, to deflect thoughts that he slacks off every winter in Mexico, he has
> been proofreading the earlier material. Typos have been addressed now for
> the entries up to 1988.
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> n  The Canadian Theatre Reviews 1900-1992 database, originally gathered by
> Anton Wagner et al, has had its 20,000 entries site upgraded to provide a
> more accurate reading of the original data. It would have been nice to have
> had the actual newspaper reviews, instead of only the references to them,
> but such is not to be.
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> n  TRIC is about to get a new and even more friendly web presence. No
> precise date for the changeover, but sometime in the coming year. You'll
> like it.
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> n  Performance Calendars: I've made a major effort during the past year to
> add more of Patrick O'Neill's Halifax research to the site. The electronic
> search engine for Halifax theatre data now extends from 1769 to 1920. This
> brings it into the 20th century, and through the First World War (for anyone
> wishing to explore the effects of war years on the professional theatre
> offerings in a Canadian city). The typed volumes of Patrick's Halifax
> theatre research, held in the Mount Saint Vincent Archives, come up to 2004.
> I'm not sure if ACTS will have the resources to bring this electronic data
> base any closer toward the present.
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> n  Performance Calendars 2: the TNB, Neptune Theatre, and Confederation
> Centre pages now all reflect productions from their respective beginnings to
> 2006.
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> n  Performance Calendars 3: the 19th century maritime theatre performance
> data has been augmented by Denyse Lynde's continuing research on St. John's
> theatre.
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> n  Drama Texts: Anton Wagner has pretty well completed his Herman Voaden
> site. It has become a text resource centre containing nearly all of Voaden's
> major writings, and the critical responses to them. Anton, with the Voaden
> site taking less of his time, has begun work on his Patricia Joudry site.
> During the past year he has added to the Joudry site her autobiography,
> Aviva Ravel's Joudry thesis, his long illustrated essay on Joudry, and a
> half dozen of her scripts.
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> Those are the changes for the past year that come most readily to mind. ACTS
> receives up to a thousand 'hits' a month. And researchers, judging by their
> letters, seem to appreciate it. Despite the demands of retirement, I'll keep
> it going for the foreseeable future. Its continued presence owes much to the
> kindness of those at UNB's Electronic Text Centre, in particular to web guru
> extraordinaire  Jason Nugent who keeps the search engines running on time.
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> Enjoy Saskatoon.
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> I'm really sorry for you all.
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> But it's an unjust world,
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> And virtue is triumphant
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> Only in theatrical performances
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>                                     -- Mikado
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> Edward Mullaly,
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> 511 Mansfield St,
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> Fredericton, NB   E3B 3A1
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> (506) 454-3463
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