Looking for Canadian biogrpahical dramas

[Matt Jones]

Also, David Fennario, The Death of René Levesque.

Matt
On 2013-11-02 2:06 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
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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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