Drama

Annotated manuscript draft of The Promised Land

MS-2-838, Box 2, Folder 1
Item
[ca. 1988]

Item is a heavily annotated manuscript.

Annotated manuscript draft of The Promised Land with song lyrics and a list of important dates

MS-2-838, Box 1, Folder 10
File
[ca. 1988]

File contains a manuscript draft with cast list: Jo-Anne Rolls as Sarah, Jenny Munday as Anna/Ev/Ethel; and Sheldon Davis as Michael/Sumner/Freeman.

Bring back Don Messer : [manuscript]

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 3
File
1980

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains two copies of the manuscript: one with cut-and-pasted text and the other a photocopy.

Christopher Heide fonds

MS-2-838
Fonds
1975 - 2010

Fonds contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his career as a writer, including his work with arts and cultural associations such as ACTRA and the Dramatists' Co-op of Nova Scotia. Record types include scripts for stage, radio and screen; notes; correspondence; reports; meeting minutes; and photographs.

Heide, Christopher

Christopher Heide's notes regarding various Mulgrave Theatre Co-op issues

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 4
File
1988 - 1989

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Colour coded manuscript draft and key for The Promised Land

MS-2-838, Box 1, Folder 9
File
[ca. 1986]

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Correspondence and notes regarding Mulgrave Road's Feeling Yes, Feeling No company crisis

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 17
File
1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains correspondence from Ed MacKenna, Ian Pygott, Emmy Alcorn and Pam Stevenson, as well as a document written by Emmy Alcorn and Pam Stevenson outlining the sequence of events as understood by them.

Correspondence to Christoper Heide regarding Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 19
File
1986 - 1993

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File includes correspondence with Ed McKenna and Jenny Munday.

Correspondence, notes and playwright's agreement re. Bring Back Don Messer!

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 2
File
1979 - 1983

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File includes correspondence between Christopher Heide, Michel Fahey and Ed McKenna of the Mulgrave Road Co-op. There is also a letter written from Heide to Larry Lillo, at Tamahnous Theatre, Vancouver, as well as a chronology of events between September 1970 and March 1983 regarding the script's creation and possible remounting.

Correspondence, notes and playwright's agreement re. The Coady Co-op Show

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 10
File
1979

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File also contains a rough draft of Christopher Heide's outline for the book.

Correspondence, playwright's agreement and notes re. Road Reviews

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 14
File
1982

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains several letters, a playwright's agreement between Christopher Heide and Mulgrave Road Co-Op Theatre Company, and a chronology of events leading up to the play's run.

Final workshop draft

MS-2-838, Box 2, Folder 3
File
January 1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains a final workshop manuscript draft of The Promised Land.

First clean draft of script (marked with changes made during run of play until 29/7)

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 9
File
1979

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains an annotated copy of the Coady Co-op Show script as staged in Guysborough.

First rough assemblage of script + notes leading up to same

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 12
File
1982

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains a heavily annotated draft of Road Reviews, written by Christopher Heide for the Mulgrave Road Co-Op Theatre Company, plus several pages of handwritten notes.

First rough draft of script for the Coady Co-op show

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 7
File
1979

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Mulgrave Road Co-op Artistic Director's letters

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 18
File
1984 - 1989

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File also contains a list of co-op members dated 24/8/99.

Mulgrave Road Theatre Co-op application to Canada Council Development fund

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 5
File
September 1987

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Notes and changes made during run of play (15/6 - 24/6)

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 8
File
1979

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains notes regarding the Coady Co-op Show staged in Guysborough.

Notes during research-rehearse period with the company 3/5/79 - 14/6/79

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 6
File
1979

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains notes from the Coady Co-op Show staged in Guysborough.

Notes regarding the Mulgrave Road Co-op – Canso Benefit

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 21
File
1990

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Original script for top of rehearsals

MS-2-838, Box 2, Folder 8
Item
1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of The Promised Land that includes a draft outline for Act 2.

Pages deleted during rehearsals

MS-2-838, Box 2, Folder 6
File
1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains manuscript pages of The Promised Land deleted during rehearsals.

Pages introduced during rehearsals — originals

MS-2-838, Box 2, Folder 7
File
1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains manuscript pages of The Promised Land introduced during rehearsals.

Pages replaced during work towards second (presentable) draft

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 13
File
1982

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains a lightly annotated pages from Road Reviews, written by Christopher Heide for the Mulgrave Road Co-Op Theatre Company, plus several pages of handwritten notes.

Pages replaced during workshop

MS-2-838, Box 2, Folder 2
File
January 1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains manuscript pages from The Promised Land annotated during a January 1988 workshop.

Plan for the proposed restructuring of Mulgrave Theatre Co-op

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 20
File
1993

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File includes correspondence responding the plans and ballot.

Poor people / by Christopher Heide : [manuscript]

MS-2-838, Box 1, Folder 8
Item
1987

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Item is an annotated research draft of Christopher Heide's "The Promised Land."

Pre-workshop original

MS-2-838, Box 2, Folder 9
Item
1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of The Promised Land.

Programs, press release, and reviews of Bring Back Don Messer!

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 1
File

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File includes a list of tour dates and places.

Programs, press release, and reviews of The Coady Co-op Show

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 11
File
1979

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Research materials and notes about poverty in Nova Scotia

MS-2-838, Box 1, Folder 7
File
1977 - 1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains newspaper clippings and a discussion paper on social assistance by the Council of the Nova Scotia of Social Workers.

Road reviews : a revue for the Old Summer Home ' 82 : [program]

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 16
File
1982

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File also contains a Nova Scotia Heritage Festival kit put out by the Department of Tourism.

The Coady co-op show / created, produced and performed by members of the Mulgrave Road Co-Operative Theatre Company : [mansucript]

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 9
Item
1979

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Item is a clean copy of the production draft of The Coady Co-Op Show as toured in 1979.

The promised land : [manuscript]

MS-2-838, Box 2, Folder 10
Item
1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of The Promised Land.

The promised land / by Christopher Heide ; directed by Graham Whitehead : [manuscript]

MS-2-838, Box 1, Folder 5
Item
1989

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of The Promised Land, first produced in the spring of 1988 by the Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre, which included a three-week tour with one week at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille as part of the From the Ground Up Theatre Festival.

The Promised Land press release, programs, posters and reviews

MS-2-838, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

The "road reviews" revue : [manuscript]

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 15
Item
1982

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Item is a manuscript that includes a component list indicating originals and compiled materials by Christopher Heide. The revue was sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness in cooperation with the Old Home Summer Commission, a 1982 revival of a festival incorporated by the province in 1920 to encourage tourism. The revue was directed by Don Allison and featured Nicola Lipman, Barrie Dunn, Gay Haliser and Robbie O'Neill, with musicians Sandy Moore and Nathan Currie.

Workshop notes for The Promised Land