Looking for Canadian biogrpahical dramas

[Day, Moira]

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
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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 Which Pier 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> by Robert 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> by Lorena 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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