Looking for Canadian biogrpahical dramas

[Cynthia Zimmerman]

JOEY! Rick Salutin with Rising Tide. 1981
	Joey Smallwood.

Cyndi

PS. Is there a Canadian playwright who has NEVER used biographical
material??

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On Sat, 2 Nov 2013, James Dugan wrote:

> 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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> Sent from my iPad
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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?
> >
> > 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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