Stage adaptations of Alice Munro's stories

[Robin C. Whittaker]

Eugenia, et al,

Paul's email prompted me to look at my production history notes: 
Toronto's Alumnae Theatre Company did indeed produce an adaptation of 
Alice Monro's "The Progess of Love." The date was Feb 5-28, 
1999---adapted by Guillaume Bernardi, as Paul says. (It won a 
Professional Director's Award, an internal Alumnae-presented award, for 
Bernardi.)

As well, Alice Monro's /The Lives of Girls and Women/ was "Adapted for 
reading" by Francess Halpenny and Helen Dunlop for Alumnae Theatre 
Company. The readings occurred Mar 1-6, 1983, also at Alumnae's Studio 
Theatre. I'm not aware of this adaptation receiving a production.

Best,
Robin.

Dr. Robin C. Whittaker
Assistant Professor, Drama
Department of English
St. Thomas University
Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3 Canada
www.stureviews.wordpress.com
rwhit at stu.ca

On 2/10/2014, 6:07 PM, /Paul Babiak/ wrote:
> Greetings all:
>
> I'm aware of one.  A few years back there was a very innovative and 
> interesting adaptation of The Progress of Love, directed and 
> dramaturged by Guillaume Bernardi at the Alumni Theatre Studio Space 
> in Toronto, for which I'm told I coached one of the performers in 
> stiltwalking, though I have no recollection of having done so.   A 
> friend at the Alum is turning up any info she can find for me.
>
> Cheers, Paul
>
>
> Quoting Don Rubin <drubin at YORKU.CA>:
>
>> hi david:
>>
>> i think you're right. was thinking of carol shields.
>>
>> sorry eugenia.  i am racking my brain but i don't think there have been
>> many stage adaptations of munro.
>>
>> would be curious to know what you find.
>>
>> best,
>>
>> don
>>
>>
>> On 2014-02-10 11:26 AM, David Ferry wrote:
>>> Don,
>>>
>>> Think you may be thinking of adaptation of Carol Shield's Larry's  
>>> Party (music by Marek Norman.) He has never adapted Munro.
>>>
>>> Daf
>>>
>>> David Ferry
>>> Appledore Productions
>>> 416 433 5826
>>> appledor at sympatico.ca <mailto:appledor at sympatico.ca>
>>> davidferry.workbooklive.com <http://davidferry.workbooklive.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 10:50 AM, Drubin <drubin at YORKU.CA 
>>> <mailto:drubin at YORKU.CA>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I believe Richard Ouzounian did a show based on something of  
>>>> munro's at the st Lawrence centre in Toronto a few years ago. Not  
>>>> sure though.  Contact him c/o the Toronto Star.
>>>>
>>>> Don Rubin
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 10:45 AM, Eugenia Sojka <esojka2008 at gmail.com 
>>>> <mailto:esojka2008 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>>> Many thanks for the information about Marcia Johnson's /Courting  
>>>>> Johanna/, an adaptation of Munro's "Hateship, Friendship,  
>>>>> Courtship, Loveship, Marriage,"  directed by Shelley Scott in  
>>>>> Drama Department, University of Lethbridge (Feb. 11-14,   2014!!!!!).
>>>>> I wonder if there have been any other projects of this type?
>>>>>
>>>>> Eugenia Sojka
>>>>> Head of Canadian Studies Centre
>>>>> University of Silesia,  Poland
>>>>> esojka2008 at gmail.com <mailto:esojka2008 at gmail.com>
>>>>> http://www.csc.us.edu.pl/
>>>>>

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