One Way of Building the Canadian Repertory: Editing

[Louise . Forsyth]

Dear Ric, CATR/ACRT Executive, CanDrama members,

I am most humbly grateful for the recognition that comes with the award of the Patrick O'Neill prize for my anthology of Québec women's plays. And as Ric has said so eloquently, the work of editing (whether plays or essays) has been an important part of our work in building a Canadian repertory. I feel that I am following in the footsteps of many of you who have already blazed the editing/anthology trail -- colleagues, researchers, exec members, students all. I am particularly grateful to Playwrights Canada Press for their commitment to publishing this work we do. I am equally grateful to Ric who has edited the wonderful series of collections at the PCP. Such vision!! I would particularly mention Jerry Wasserman, a real anthologizing pioneer.


It is an honour for me to know you as cherished colleagues and friends,

Louise Forsyth

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Hi all,

I want to congratulate Louise as an eminently worthy first recipient of the Patrick O'Neill Award, but also to congratulate the association on having the wisdom to recognize editing in this way. It's a necessary and hugely important part of what we do--as Louise's volumes of Quebec Women's Plays demonstrates with her usual (well, extremely UNusual, actually) commitment and care--and it's one that is widely under-acknowledged in the academy.

Kudos to both Louise and to the executive who introduced this award.

Cheers all,

Ric



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University of Guelph
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Subject: Louise H. Forsyth's Anthology of         Québec Women¹s Plays Wins the Patrick O'Neill         Award for Best Editing



LOUISE H. FORSYTH’S ANTHOLOGY OF QUÉBEC WOMEN’S PLAYS 
WINS THE PATRICK O’NEILL AWARD FOR BEST EDITING 



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Thursday, April 28, 2011. Toronto, Ontario… Playwrights Canada Press is proud to announce that the Anthology of Québec Women’s Plays in English Translation, Volume III has been awarded the Patrick O’Neill Award by the Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR). Forsyth is the first receipt of the Patrick O’Neill Award, which is presented to the editor of the best collection of essays or plays. 

Anthology of Québec Women’s Plays in English Translation, Volume III provides English readers an opportunity to access some of the groundbreaking works of female Québécois playwrights . The collection features works by Nathalie Boisvert, Carole Fréchette, Suzanne Lebeau, Louise Bombardier , and many others. Covering a diverse range of subject matter, many of these plays are being published in English for the first time. 

Louise H. Forsyth has written two theses on the classic French writer Molière, composed scholarly studies about French and Québec playwrights, and theorized about acting and dramatic writing. Her areas of academic specialization are feminist performance and dramaturgy in Québec. Forsyth is honoured to be the inaugural recipient of the Patrick O’Neill Award , and is pleased to be able to recognize the struggles of female playwrights from Québec through her work. 

Anthology of Québec Women’s Plays in English Translation, Volume III 
Publication date: May 1, 2010 
978-0-88754-785-0 
6” X 9” • 544 PAGES • PAPERBACK 
$29.95 


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