Staging poetry

[James Dugan]

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.
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> Barry.
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> 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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