Looking for Canadian biogrpahical dramas

Sun Nov 3 13:42:57 EST 2013

Lorne Pardy was the actor in The Only Living Father - toured with Mulgrave Road
Theatre - and perhaps in a production in Stephenville - and possibly St John's?

Quoting David Ferry <appledor at SYMPATICO.CA>:

> I think it was Kevin Noble as Smallwood.
>
> David Ferry
> Appledore Productions
> 416 433 5826
> appledor at sympatico.ca
> davidferry.workbooklive.com
>
>
> > On Nov 2, 2013, at 2:20 PM, James Dugan <jdugan at UCALGARY.CA> 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.
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> 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>
> >
>