Archives Catalogue

10 things about writing (plus 1) that I've learned

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 14
File
[ca.2020]

File contains annotated draft of "10 Things about Writing (plus 1) that I've Learned" by Catherine Banks.

2008 Governor General's Literary Award for Bone Cage : [DVD]

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 9
File
2008

File contains a DVD copy of the Governor General's Literary Award held at the Rideau Hall in Ottawa on December 10th, 2008. Catherine Banks won Governor General's Award for English-language Drama for her play Bone Cage.

2008 Governor General's Literary Award for Bone Cage award letter and related materials

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 10
File
2008

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains award letter, program and related materials of the Governor General's Literary Award, held at the Rideau Hall in Ottawa on December 10th, 2008. File also contains printed photographs of Catherine at the Library of Parliament and the 2008 Governor General's Award winners. Catherine Banks won Governor General's Award for English-language Drama for her play Bone Cage.

2008 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama announcement, correspondence, program and draft of Catherine Banks' acceptance speech for Bone Cage

MS-2-8, Box 21, Folder 20
File
2008

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

2020 Robert Kroetsch keynote by Catherine Banks : [script drafts]

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 15
File
2020

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains three annotated, typed drafts of 2020 Robert Kroetsch Keynote given by Catherine Banks.

A playwright's open letter to the theatre community / by Catherine Banks

MS-2-8, Box 21, Folder 8
File
2015

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains a printed copy of a letter published in the Playwrights Guild of Canada's online journal.

Aaron's rescue : [manuscript]

MS-2-8, Box 25, Folder 10
File
[200-?]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Aaron's Rescue a feature film : [manuscript]

MS-2-8, Box 29, Folder 21
File
[200-?]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains typed manuscript of Arron's rescue; the title page has the notes: "I wrote this after writing a first draft of Downed Hearts."

Aaron's Rescue/One Journey Back

Series
[200-?]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

This series consists of drafts of this play, correspondence and an outline.

Acadia University admissions acceptance letter

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 29
File
1975

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains an undergraduate admissions acceptance letter to Catherine Banks from Acadia University in 1975.

Acceptance speech for 2012 Governor General's Literary Award

MS-2-8, Box 17, Folder 11
File
2012

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains a draft and a final copy of the acceptance speech for the 2012 Governor General's Literary Award, delivered on November 13, 2012 in Montreal. The draft copy has handwritten edits.

Adapting Ernest Buckler's The Mountain and the Valley for the Stage

MS-2-8, Box 29, Folder 26
File
[ca.2018]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains 5 copies of draft scripts with notes and a final draft. File also includes a handwritten script and notes.

An enemy of the people

MS-2-8, Box 27, Folder 14
File
[19--]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains an old (ca. 1950s) paperback copy of Ibsen's play, heavily annotated by Catherine Banks. There is no cover and the pages were removed from a larger volume.

An enemy of the people (down delusion road), adapted by Catherine Banks for Two Planks and a Passion : [annotated manuscript]

MS-2-8, Box 27, Folder 27
File
[2018?]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Andrea Bowrel

MS-2-8, PB Box 17, Folder 13, Item 13
Item
2010

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Item is a photograph Andrea driving a car at Lake Minnewanka.

Application for a Canada Council project grant for "The Mountain and The Valley" by Mary Vingoe

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 20
File
2022

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

The file contains an application form for a Canada Council project grant titled "HomeFirst Fall 2022" by Mary Vingoe.

Atlantic Film Festival Script Development Workshop

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 30
File
1998

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains a letter from the Atlantic Film Festival informing Catherine Banks of her successful application for her script, "Back From Australia" to participate in the 3rd annual Atlan Film Festival Script Development Workshop.

Back from Australia

Series
1980-1999

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Series contains material related to Catherine Bank's play, Back from Australia. Records types include manuscripts and correspondence.

Back from Australia : [film script]

MS-2-8, Box 26, Folder 1
File
1998-1999

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains a script selected for The Atlantic Film Festival Script Development Series, along with correspondence and a synopsis.

Back from Australia : [manuscript]

MS-2-8, Box 26, Folder 6
File
[198-?]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Back from Australia : [manuscript]

MS-2-8, Box 26, Folder 5
File
[198-?]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Back from Australia : [partial manuscript]

MS-2-8, Box 26, Folder 3
File
[198-?]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Back from Australia : [partial manuscript]

MS-2-8, Box 26, Folder 4
File
[198-?]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Back to Calgary from Banff to see "Bone Cage"

MS-2-8, PB Box 17, Folder 13, Item 17
Item
[ca.2010]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Banff International Literary Translation Centre program

MS-2-8, Box 4, Folder 33
File
2011

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Beginning notes for Three Storey, Ocean View

MS-2-8, Box 4, Folder 49
File
1993

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains a small handmade notebook with early notes about Three Storey, Ocean View. File also contains a typescript page of dialogue between Enid and Dan, two characters in the play.

Bird Cage : [Use of copyrighted material - translation]

MS-2-8, Box 33, Folder 28
File
2004 - 2007

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains a letter from Catherine Banks to William Toye (Literary Executor) in 2004 asking permission to use a poem titled "Bird Cage" in the stage presentations of Catherine Banks' play, "Bone Cage" and a follow-up letter regarding the contract with Playwrights Canada Press for an April 2008 release. File also includes handwritten notes regarding "Bird Cage."

Bitter Rose and Three-Storey, Ocean View: [publisher's proofs with handwritten amendments]

MS-2-8, Box 20, Folder 11
File
2014

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

The file also contains a draft of Bitter Rose, which was published in the same edition as Three Storey, Ocean View.

Bone Cage

Series
1994-2019

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

Series contains materials related to the development, publication, and production of Bone Cage, including notes and research material, sketches, partial and complete manuscripts and typescripts, production records, and other material.

Bone Cage is a portrayal of life in rural Nova Scotia. The main character is Jamie, a 22 year old forestry worker doing 12-hour shifts operating a wood processor, clear-cutting for pulp. At the end of each shift, he walks through the destruction he has created looking for injured birds and animals and rescues those he can. Jamie's desire to escape this world is thwarted by his fear of leaving the place where he has some status. Bone Cage examines how young people in rural communities, employed in the destruction of the environment they love, treat the people they love at the end of their shift.

The play was written with financial support from a 1996 Canada Council grant. It was initially meant to deal with systematic violence in rural communities. While writing the play, a new character began to emerge and Banks took time to develop this one-woman show that became Bitter Rose.

Bone Cage was published by Playwrights' Canada Press. It won a national competition run by Theatre British Columbia and won the 2008 Governor General's Literary Award (English) for Drama. In October 2007, it was co-produced by Forerunner Playwrights Theatre and Ship’s Company Theatre and performed at Neptune Theatre’s Studio Stage in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was also produced by Mulgrave Road Theatre in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Downstream Theatre in Calgary, Alberta (2009-2010 ), and Matchstick Theatre Productions in Halifax (2017).

Bone cage : [annotated screenplay manuscript]

MS-2-8, Box 26, Folder 20
File
[201?]

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains a screenplay manuscript with pencilled annotations and no title page.

Bone cage : [event listing]

MS-2-8, Box 18, Folder 7
File
October 18, 2007

Part of Catherine Banks fonds

File contains an event listing for a production of Bone Cage by Forerunner Playwrights' Theatre. The listing was published in The Coast, a weekly newspaper published in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Bone cage : [first draft manuscript]