Dominion drama festival archives

[Robin Whittaker]

The DDF turned into “Theatre Canada” in 1970. It continued to showcase plays for a couple of years (but not in a competition format) until it dissolved into an archive of itself, and then dissolved completely 45 years after it began.

There is a finding aid here: http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001498.pdf

Depending on the scope of your project, your best bet may be to contact the specific theatre companies who entered plays in the DDF during the 60s and ask if you can access the scripts you’re looking for. I have some information on a few scripts if you want to contact me off-list.

I’d be interested to know if you, or anyone else, knows of any other, more thorough, collections.

Best,
Robin.

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Dr. Robin C. Whittaker
Associate Professor
St. Thomas University, Fredericton NB E3B 5C3
Drama Advisor, Department of English http://w3.stu.ca/stu/academics/departments/english_lit/
Artistic Producer, Theatre St. Thomas http://wp.stu.ca/tst/
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On Oct 21, 2015, at 5:07 PM, T. Berto <aberto at UOGUELPH.CA<mailto:aberto at UOGUELPH.CA>> wrote:

Dear All:

Does anyone know where ephemera from the Dominion Drama Festival might be housed? I'm looking specifically for scripts from the 60s.

best

TB

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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