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Manuscripts, correspondence, and contract for film adaptation of Letter from Matt Arthur's Fishpond

File contains multiple drafts of a teleplay adapted by Chris Heide from the short story published in Canadian Fiction Magazine, as well as correspondence, a contract, and a chronology of events beginning with the submission to CBC Television Drama and ending with a cancelled contract with National Film Board.

The 100 Year Old Man — CBC produced

File contains an original manuscript draft of The One Hundred Year Old man, first produced for radio by CBC Halifax. File also contains a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script including various submissions, rejections, acceptances and prizes.

Adjudicators

File contains applicant correspondence and biographies and a shortlist of adjudicators for the May 2006 Liverpool International Theatre Festival.

Administrative and publicity records for Pogie, by Christopher Heide and Al MacDonald

File contains a joint copyright agreement between Christopher Heide and Al MacDonald; publishing contract and correspondence with Borealis Press; correspondence, contract and reviews for the 1998 Tantramar Theatre Festival production; notes, reviews and advertisements for the 1994 Lunenburg Dinner Theatre Company production; correspondence, contract and reviews for the 1980 Stages production; correspondence, contract and reviews for the 1984 Kam Theatre (Thunder Bay) production; and an annotated copy of the published script. There is also correspondence between Chris Heide and Rosemary Gilbert about the possibility of converting Pogie and No More Gasoline into television scripts. File also contains a chronology of events documenting the genesis and evolution of the script development and production.

Under the Map administrative and publicity records

File includes meeting agendas and notes, correspondence, budgets, schedules and project reports for the Port Hawkesbury Centennial Community Performance Project. Also enclosed are script development records, production reviews and an article by Christopher Heide published in Integare: Recreational Council on Disability in Nova Scotia's Winter 1990 newsletter.

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

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.

Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia records

File contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his association with the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, in particular as interim coordinator and as a writer-in-community in 1983. Record types include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes.

Guild of Canadian Playwrights

File contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his work as a Founding Committee member of the Guild of Canadian Playwrights and as chair of the Collective Creation Contract Committee. Record types include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes.

ACTRA Maritime Writers' Branch records

File contains correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes created and collected by Chris Heide during his tenure as president of ACTRA Maritime Writers' Branch and, later, as chair of ACTRA Halifax Work Opportunities Committee and as chair of ACTRA Maritime Film Committee.

Dramatists' Co-op of Nova Scotia records

File contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his association with the Dramatists' Co-op of Nova Scotia. Record types include correspondence, listings, funding applications, reports, meeting minutes, and an incomplete run of the Dramatists' Co-op Newsletter between 1984 (vol. 4, no. 4) and 1988 (vol. 6, no. 11).

I Ain't Dead Yet — Mermaid Theatre original production

File includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, a contract, evaluations forms, reviews and a chronology outlining the project from its conception as "Grandmother's Story" through to Christopher Heide's residency at Mermaid Theatre and the company's workshop production of "I Ain't Dead Yet."

Once Around — CBC Morningside

File contains manuscript drafts of episodes 1-5 of Once Around, a radio drama series broadcast by CBC Radio in 1983. File also contains outlines, correspondence, notes and a chronology of events outlining the evolution of the project.

Only the Old and Dying — CBC produced

File contains five annotated manuscript copies of Only the Old and Dying, a radio drama commissioned and broadcast by CBC Radio in 1988. File also contains a story outline, contract, and notes.

The Waiting's Over — CBC produced

File contains three manuscript drafts of The Waiting's Over, which was originally written as a stage play titled Ed & Molly, based on an idea conceived by Barry Stuart. The radio version was broadcast by CBC Radio in 1982. File also contains a manuscript copy of Ed & Molly, an outline for its adaptation to radio, a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

For Independence — CBC produced

File contains six manuscript copies of For Independence, broadcast by CBC Radio in 1982. File also contains a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

The Truth about Mrs Van Haiden — CBC produced

File contains five manuscript drafts of The Truth About Mrs Van Haiden, broadcast by CBC Radio in 1979. File also contains an outline, contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

The Flood — CBC produced

File contains three drafts copies of The Flood, broadcast by CBC Radio in 1977. File also contains a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

With Sirens Wailing — CBC produced

File contains four drafts copies of The Sound of Sirens, broadcast three times by CBC Radio, the first time as "With Sirens Wailing." File also contains a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

Gethsemane's Comfort — a pastoral project serving the victims of family violence

File contains the final report for a project of the Services to Parishes and Regions Committee of the Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia funded through a grant from the Victims' Services Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Justice. Christopher Heide served as a project facilitator and the folder includes his correspondence and workshop materials.

The Promised Land administrative records

File contains project grant applications and correspondence for Christopher Heide's "Poor People," which evolved into "The Promised Land," produced by Mulgrave Theatre in 1988. File also contains a tour schedule and contract between Christopher Heide and Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre.

Working Theatre Project administrative records

File includes records documenting Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre's Working Theatre Project, which used theatre structures and methodologies with an adult education approach to literacy upgrading. Records include correspondence; reports; notes; a contract with Christopher Heide; budgets; project summary; and a program for "Time Out," the play produced by program's participants.

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