Looking for Canadian biogrpahical dramas

[James Dugan]

The late Tom Cahill wrote a play for solo performer called The Only Living Father. I can't recall the name of the actor I saw perform it, but he was excellent, and the play tells the Smallwood story beautifully.


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On 2013-11-02, at 12:03 PM, Don Rubin <drubin at YORKU.CA> wrote:

> didn't someone do a play on joey smallwood at some point?
> 
> and how about george ryga's paracelsus?
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> 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
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *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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