Looking for Canadian biogrpahical dramas

[Don Rubin]

didn't someone do a play on joey smallwood at some point?

and how about george ryga's paracelsus?

don rubin

On 2013-10-30 5:51 PM, Day, Moira wrote:
> Tecumseh by Charles Mair
> On 2013-10-30, at 3:51 PM, Julie Salverson wrote:
>
>> Two more by Sharon Pollock:  Walsh, and The Komagata Maru Incident
>>
>> Julie
>>
>> "We are all jokers: We will survive our problems."  Jean-Luc Godard
>>
>> Dr. Julie Salverson
>> Department of Drama
>> Queen's University
>> Kingston, Ontario
>> Canada
>> K7L 3N6
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>> *From:*Canadian Theatre Research [CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA] on behalf 
>> of Day, Moira [moira.day at USASK.CA]
>> *Sent:*Wednesday, October 30, 2013 5:46 PM
>> *To:*CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA <mailto:CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA>
>> *Subject:*Re: Looking for Canadian biogrpahical dramas
>>
>> Hi Tony,
>>
>> I'll probably think of even more later but Riel, The Trial of Louis 
>> Riel and The Crime of Louis Riel all by John Coulter.
>>
>> Moira
>> On 2013-10-30, at 3:10 PM, Annie Gibson wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tony,
>>>
>>> Here are a few more!
>>>
>>> Annie Mae's Movement by Yvette Nolan
>>> Einstein's Gift by Vern Thiessen
>>> Flying on Her Own by Charlie Rhindress
>>> How Do I Love Thee? by Florence Gibson MacDonald
>>> In the Freedom of Dreams: The Story of Nelson Mandela by Michael 
>>> Miller (TYA)
>>> Living Curiosities, or What You Will by Mary Vingoe
>>> The Duchess by Linda Griffiths
>>> The Blue Light by Mieko Ouchi
>>> Oil & Water by Robert Chafe
>>> Red Emma by Carol Bolt
>>> Rick: The Rick Hansen Story by Dennis Foon (TYA)
>>> Tempting Providence by Robert Chafe
>>> The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion by Stephen Massicotte
>>> Moving Pictures by Sharon Pollock
>>> Angel's Trumpet by Sharon Pollock
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>>
>>> Annie
>>> --
>>> Annie Gibson
>>> Publisher
>>> Playwrights Canada Press Ltd.
>>> Phone: 416-703-0013
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:13 PM, T. Berto<aberto at uoguelph.ca 
>>> <mailto:aberto at uoguelph.ca>>wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hello Candram:
>>>
>>>     Wondering if you could help. I'm trying to put together a
>>>     reading list of Canadian biographical dramas for a first year
>>>     course. That is plays that are based on real person(s) from history.
>>>
>>>     I have a few but would love to get more. Here's what I've come
>>>     up with off the top of my head.
>>>
>>>     Bill Bishop goes to war - Eric Peterson
>>>     Walsh - Sharon Pollock
>>>     It's all true - Jason Sherman
>>>     His Greatness - Daniel MacIvor
>>>     The Golden Thug - Edward Roy
>>>     Cavafy
>>>     Pasolini/Pelosi/
>>>     /Capote at Yado/
>>>     /In WhichPier Paolo Pasolini
>>>     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_Paolo_Pasolini>Sees His Own
>>>     Death in the Face of a Boy
>>>     My Night With Tennessee
>>>     More Divine
>>>     The Emotionalists - all by Sky Gilbert
>>>     Alien Creature: A Visitation from Gwendolyn MacEwen
>>>     <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alien_Creature:_A_Visitation_from_Gwendolyn_MacEwen&action=edit&redlink=1>
>>>     Maggie and Pierre - Linda Griffiths
>>>     Detaining Mr. Trotsky
>>>     <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Detaining_Mr._Trotsky&action=edit&redlink=1>byRobert
>>>     Fothergil
>>>     <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Fothergill_%28playwright%29&action=edit&redlink=1>l
>>>     The Palace at the End - Judith Thompson
>>>     Angelique
>>>     <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angelique_%28play%29&action=edit&redlink=1>byLorena
>>>     Lillian Gale
>>>     <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorena_Lillian_Gale&action=edit&redlink=1>[
>>>     <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_plays_%28A-F%29#cite_note-41>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     Dr. T. Berto
>>>     School of English and Theatre Studies,
>>>     University of Guelph.
>>>     aberto at uoguelph.ca <mailto:aberto at uoguelph.ca>
>>>
>>>
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