Staging poetry

[Douglas Buchanan]

In 1969 a group of us at Mcgill produced a presentation of Elliot's "The Hollow Men". Afte that experience I spent 45 years in theatre.
Dr. Doug Buchanan

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> On Nov 30, 2014, at 2:33 PM, James Dugan <jdugan at UCALGARY.CA> wrote:
> 
> Richard Strauss composed a musical setting for a recitation of Tennyson's
> "Enoch Arden" I saw it performed in Calgary by Jon Vickers.
> 
> Jim Dugan
> 
>> Conrad: There is also Catherine Banks' GG-winning 'It is Solved by
>> Walking', which is structured entirely around Wallace Stevens'
>> 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird'. It was staged at Neptune
>> last month.
>> 
>> Barry.
>> 
>>> On Sun Nov 30 06:59:29 2014, Susan Knutson wrote:
>>> Hi Conrad,
>>> 
>>> Evangéline, directed by Normand Godin, is a dramatization of H.W.
>>> Longfellow's poem Evangeline.  The musical drama was performed for
>>> eleven seasons in French and in English, by Les Araignées du
>>> boui-boui, in Clare, Nova Scotia. It was a semi-professional,
>>> prize-winning, community production.
>>> 
>>> Susan
>>> 
>>> Quoting Conrad Alexandrowicz <conrada at uvic.ca>:
>>> 
>>>> I am currently revising an article for publication that essentially
>>>> reflects upon my recent SSHRC-funded project staging selections from
>>>> the published poetry of Lorna Crozier and Erín Moure. This resulted
>>>> in the creation of a number of staged works.
>>>> 
>>>> When I began this work I did a quick survey of recent work of this
>>>> kind in Canada, and came up with very little in the professional
>>>> theatre, apart from a couple of notable and inspiring examples: The
>>>> Four Horsemen Project, by Volcano Theatre, and Doing Leonard Cohen,
>>>> by One Yellow Rabbit.
>>>> 
>>>> I know that some work of this kind has been going on in the academy,
>>>> but I'd like to gather some real evidence here.
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone have anything to share in this regard? A project in which
>>>> you have been involved, or which you know about?
>>>> 
>>>> I would very much appreciate hearing from you!
>>>> 
>>>> Warm regards,
>>>> --
>>>> Conrad Alexandrowicz, Associate Professor
>>>> Movement, Acting and Devised Physical Theatre
>>>> Department of Theatre
>>>> University of Victoria
>>>> 
>>>> Cell: 250.580.5524
>>>> Office: 250.853.3727
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Susan Knutson, PhD
>>> Professor, Département des études anglaises
>>> Université Sainte-Anne
>>> Church Point, NS B0W 1M0
>>> (902) 769-2114 ext 7151
>>> 
>>> "Aimer son projet, le répéter, le fondre en soi, le citer avait un
>>> jour dit Claire Dérive au bord de la mer."    Nicole Brossard, Picture
>>> Theory.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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