Staging poetry

[Barry Freeman]

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.
>