[Candrama] Information on Banned or Censored Plays Candrama Digest, Vol 39, Issue 6
Tony Berto
aberto at uoguelph.ca
Sat Aug 17 17:11:03 EDT 2019
Esteemed colleagues:
I teach a course on this area called "theatre in trouble" - that includes a few others plays that were either outright banned, or raised the ire and protests from government and authorities to such a point there were calls for their censorship. In addition to this list (and in the latter category) there's also (with some references):
Tartuffe. Moliere. Specifically the production in Quebec in 1694.
* https://thedrummersrevenge.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/bishop-saint-valliers-moral-crusade/
* http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/la_croix_de_chevrieres_de_saint_vallier_jean_baptiste_de_2E.html
* Banham, Martin. “Canada 2. French Theatre in Canada to the Second World War.” The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge UP. 1988. Pg 165-9.
- Prest, J. Controversy in French Drama: Molière’s Tartuffe and the Struggle for Influence. Palgrave MacMillan. 2014. Pages 193-197.
The fairies are thirsty: a play. Boucher, Denise, (PS9553.O792 F413)
* http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Les%20f%E9es%20ont%20soif – “The fairies are thirsty.”
* Hopkins, Elaine R. "Feminism and a Female Trinity in Denise Boucher's Les Fées ont soif," American Review of Canadian Studies 14.1 (1 March 1984):63–71.
* Anderson, Marguerite. "Subversive Texts: Quebec Women Writers," Studies in Canadian Literature: 13.2 (1988).
* https://performancewiki.ca/Denise_Boucher
* https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/les-fees-ont-soif-levolution-dune-piece-marquante-dc8de7f20dcc1a9b9a11605dcbd1c3f6
* https://curio.ca/fr/video/les-fees-ont-soif-et-la-censure-3812/
ATP's production of Angels in America. Kushner, Tony.
Bennett, Susan. "Only in Alberta? Angels in America and Canada." Theatre Research in Canada. Volume 17 Number 2 / Fall 1996<https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/issue/view/654>.
- https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/tric/article/view/7147/8206
* Morrow, Martin and David Steinhart, "MLAs condemn ATP play before production staged." Calgary Herald; Calgary, Alta. 13 Sep. 1996: A.4.
* Filax, Gloria. 'Queer youth and Strange Representations in the Province of the "Severely Normal": Alberta in the 1990s.' Chapter 10 "I Could Not Speak My Heart": Education and Social Justice for Gay and lesbian youth. Eds. Cronin, Mary. McNinch, James. University of Regina. 2004. Pg.s 137- 161. ISBN:0889771782. on course reserve.
* Nichols, Liz. "Acting isn't heavenly, but Angels takes off." Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alta. 18 Oct. 1996: C.3.
* Martin, Don . "Angels in America: The sequel: It's easy to be a critic before the house lights dim." Calgary Herald: Calgary, Alta. 27 Sep 1996: A.15.
* Stockland, Peter. "Angels in America: The sequel: Pump vigor into the arts -- let's all boo and hiss". Calgary Herald ; Calgary, Alta. 27 Sep 1996: A.15.
* Mar, Gary. Alberta Hansard 26 May 1994: 2126
Homegrown. Frid, Catherine - https://www.canadianplayoutlet.com/products/homegrown
- Nestruck, J. Kelly <https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/j-kelly-nestruck/> and Guy Dixon <https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/guy-dixon/> “Ottawa cancels funding for Toronto theatre festival that presented terrorist play.” The Globe and Mail. June 27, 2011 Updated April 30, 2018.
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/ottawa-cancels-funding-for-toronto-theatre-festival-that-presented-terrorist-play/article584814/
- Ryan, Ashleigh. "PMO claims SummerWorks play "glorifies terrorism," only Toronto Sun agrees"<https://www.webcitation.org/5rtDJT79D?url=http://www.torontolife.com/daily/hype/curtain-call/2010/08/06/pmo-claims-summerworks-play-glorifies-terrorism-only-toronto-sun-agrees/>. Toronto Life<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Life>. 2010-08-10. Archived from the original on 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2010-08-10 - - https://www.webcitation.org/5rtDJT79D?url=http://www.torontolife.com/daily/hype/curtain-call/2010/08/06/pmo-claims-summerworks-play-glorifies-terrorism-only-toronto-sun-agrees/
- Bradshaw<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/james-bradshaw>, James. Festival head takes issue with PMO criticism of play. The Globe and Mail.
Thursday, Aug. 05, 2010. Last updated Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 3:18PM EDT
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/festival-head-takes-issue-with-pmo-criticism-of-play/article1663807/
The Provincial Association Preston, Henry W.
- The St. John’s Theatre riot of 1845 - https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/issue/view/675
Les Belle Souers. Tremblay Michele - about which at least one Catholic Cardinal referred to as "pure filth".
And, of course,
Eight Men Speak - by a committee of Oscar Ryan, E. Cecil-Smith, Frank Love and Mildred Goldberg. Shut down by authorities in 1933 for its socialist sentiments.
Best
TB
Dr. T. Berto
Lecturer,
University of Guelph
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3. Re: Information on Banned or Censored Plays (Don Rubin)
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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 22:13:27 +0000
From: Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca>
To: Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy at tru.ca>
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Futz in Toronto. Lot of studies on the case. Also Passe Muraille’s We Love You Baby Blue.
Don Rubin
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On Aug 16, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy at tru.ca<mailto:Gratsoy at tru.ca>> wrote:
Dear Colleagues:
I am posting this request for information on behalf of the President and AD of City Stage in New Westminster, BC. If you can assist, please respond directly to either Christopher Walmsley (cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley at tru.ca>) or Renee Bucciarelli (renee at fraj.com<mailto:renee at fraj.com>). Many thanks.
We are interested in hearing about Canadian plays that were banned or censored by authorities of various kinds--police, theatre boards, censors, municipal/provincial governments.
In Vancouver, British Columbia we are aware that Tobacco Road (1953), the Beard (1970) and Captive of the Faceless Drummer (1970) all were controversial to the point of being shut down.
Are there any more examples from British Columbia?
Were there censored/banned plays in the rest of Canada during the 20th century?
Thanks for taking the time to reply!
Christopher Walmsley (President) cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley at tru.ca> Renee Bucciarelli ( Artistic Director) renee at fraj.com<mailto:renee at fraj.com>
City Stage New Westminster
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From: Brian Morton <mortonbg1999 at gmail.com>
To: Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca>
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There is a 1974 issue of Canadian Theatre Review, that discusses
"Theatre Censorship in Canada".. I still own a copy of that issue on
the bookshelf.
And yes, Jim Garrard and FUTZ, at Rochdale College in 1969, definitely
springs to
mind. The CBC radio archives had some interviews about this online
for quite a while. I found the link again here.
https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/futz-a-farmer-and-his-pig
As does Michael Hollingsworth's CLEAR LIGHT at Toronto Free Theatre,
and Ken Gass' WINTER OFFENSIVE at the Factory.
The cancellation of Brad Fraser's play POOR SUPER MAN, at the
Stephenwolf Theatre in Chicago, in the early 1990s.
More recent controversies would be Hillar Latoja and DNA Theatre's
play PAULA AND KARL, or a production that toured the CAFF Fringe
circuit about 18 years ago called THE HAPPY C_NT.
Not a theatre production, but Ivan Rietman's 1969 student film at
McMaster University, THE COLUMBUS OF SEX, which led to a prosecution for
film obscenity in Hamilton. I have spent years trying to turn that
story into a stage play.
A pity that the original poster asked the information to be sent off
listserv, as I would have been interested in reading the responses.
Brian Morton
On 8/16/19, Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca> wrote:
> Futz in Toronto. Lot of studies on the case. Also Passe Muraille’s We Love
> You Baby Blue.
>
> Don Rubin
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 16, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ginny Ratsoy
> <Gratsoy at tru.ca<mailto:Gratsoy at tru.ca>> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I am posting this request for information on behalf of the President and AD
> of City Stage in New Westminster, BC. If you can assist, please respond
> directly to either Christopher Walmsley
> (cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley at tru.ca>) or Renee Bucciarelli
> (renee at fraj.com<mailto:renee at fraj.com>). Many thanks.
>
>
> We are interested in hearing about Canadian plays that were banned or
> censored by authorities of various kinds--police, theatre boards, censors,
> municipal/provincial governments.
>
> In Vancouver, British Columbia we are aware that Tobacco Road (1953), the
> Beard (1970) and Captive of the Faceless Drummer (1970) all were
> controversial to the point of being shut down.
>
> Are there any more examples from British Columbia?
>
> Were there censored/banned plays in the rest of Canada during the 20th
> century?
>
> Thanks for taking the time to reply!
>
> Christopher Walmsley (President) cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley at tru.ca>
> Renee Bucciarelli ( Artistic Director)
> renee at fraj.com<mailto:renee at fraj.com>
>
> City Stage New Westminster
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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:25:16 +0000
From: Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca>
To: Brian Morton <mortonbg1999 at gmail.com>
Cc: Ginny Ratsoy <Gratsoy at tru.ca>,
"candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca"
<candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>, Christopher Walmsley
<cwalmsley at tru.ca>, Renee Bucciarelli <renee at fraj.com>
Subject: Re: [Candrama] Information on Banned or Censored Plays
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yes, good memory.
the issue is actually CTR 13 and it came out in January 1977. the issue
itself was on the theme of "Obscenity and the Theatre." There's a
picture of Paul Thompson wearing a strategically placed maple leaf on
the cover.
It includes a piece by Malcolm Page on The Beard and another on Passe
Muraille's Baby Blue.
Most libraries should have it. For some reason, many of the early issues
of CTR are not properly indexed by U of T Press. But most major
Canadian libraries would have CTR 13.
Until my retirement last year, several students had referenced that
issue for papers. And one of my grad students did a major study about
ten years ago on the futz case itself.
Don Rubin,
Editor, CTR (1974-1982)
On 2019-08-17 2:57 PM, Brian Morton wrote:
> There is a 1974 issue of Canadian Theatre Review, that discusses
> "Theatre Censorship in Canada".. I still own a copy of that issue on
> the bookshelf.
>
> And yes, Jim Garrard and FUTZ, at Rochdale College in 1969, definitely
> springs to
> mind. The CBC radio archives had some interviews about this online
> for quite a while. I found the link again here.
> https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/futz-a-farmer-and-his-pig
>
> As does Michael Hollingsworth's CLEAR LIGHT at Toronto Free Theatre,
> and Ken Gass' WINTER OFFENSIVE at the Factory.
>
> The cancellation of Brad Fraser's play POOR SUPER MAN, at the
> Stephenwolf Theatre in Chicago, in the early 1990s.
>
> More recent controversies would be Hillar Latoja and DNA Theatre's
> play PAULA AND KARL, or a production that toured the CAFF Fringe
> circuit about 18 years ago called THE HAPPY C_NT.
>
> Not a theatre production, but Ivan Rietman's 1969 student film at
> McMaster University, THE COLUMBUS OF SEX, which led to a prosecution for
> film obscenity in Hamilton. I have spent years trying to turn that
> story into a stage play.
>
> A pity that the original poster asked the information to be sent off
> listserv, as I would have been interested in reading the responses.
>
> Brian Morton
>
> On 8/16/19, Don Rubin <drubin at yorku.ca> wrote:
>> Futz in Toronto. Lot of studies on the case. Also Passe Muraille’s We Love
>> You Baby Blue.
>>
>> Don Rubin
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Aug 16, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Ginny Ratsoy
>> <Gratsoy at tru.ca<mailto:Gratsoy at tru.ca>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Colleagues:
>>
>> I am posting this request for information on behalf of the President and AD
>> of City Stage in New Westminster, BC. If you can assist, please respond
>> directly to either Christopher Walmsley
>> (cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley at tru.ca>) or Renee Bucciarelli
>> (renee at fraj.com<mailto:renee at fraj.com>). Many thanks.
>>
>>
>> We are interested in hearing about Canadian plays that were banned or
>> censored by authorities of various kinds--police, theatre boards, censors,
>> municipal/provincial governments.
>>
>> In Vancouver, British Columbia we are aware that Tobacco Road (1953), the
>> Beard (1970) and Captive of the Faceless Drummer (1970) all were
>> controversial to the point of being shut down.
>>
>> Are there any more examples from British Columbia?
>>
>> Were there censored/banned plays in the rest of Canada during the 20th
>> century?
>>
>> Thanks for taking the time to reply!
>>
>> Christopher Walmsley (President) cwalmsley at tru.ca<mailto:cwalmsley at tru.ca>
>> Renee Bucciarelli ( Artistic Director)
>> renee at fraj.com<mailto:renee at fraj.com>
>>
>> City Stage New Westminster
>> _______________________________________________
>> Candrama mailing list
>> Candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:Candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>
>> https://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/candrama
>>
>
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