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MS-2-777
Fonds
1980-2019

Fonds includes manuscripts, scripts, and personal papers belonging to Mary Vingoe. Fonds also includes theatre programs, contracts, and photographs.

Vingoe, Mary

Correspondence regarding Mary Vingoe's play The Herring Gull's Egg

MS-2-777, Box 4, Folder 1
File
1988-1989

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains rejection letters.

Mary Vingoe's correspondence with Canadian theatre companies regarding her play Living Curiosities

MS-2-777, Box 5, Folder 9
File
1994-1995

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains correspondence with companies including Alberta Theatre Project; Young People's Theatre; Belfry Theatre; Prairie Theatre Exchange; Great Canadian Theatre Company; North Light Theatre; Canadian Stage Company; Caravan Farm Theatre; and others. There are also readers' comments, memorandums of agreement, and records regarding the play's inclusion in the anthology Adventures for (Big) Girls.

Kipawo Heritage Society's funding application correspondence

MS-2-777, Box 11, Folder 26
File
1984

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Open letter from Mary Vingoe to French-language theatre companies regarding the 2003 Magnetic North Theatre Festival

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 20, Folder 21
File
2002

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes a list of French-language theatre companies provided in an email from Paul Lefebvre.

Correspondence with the Craig Foundation regarding funding for God's Middle Name at Magnetic North 2007

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 20, Folder 24
File
2006

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

HomeFirst's action plan for corporate and private sponsorship to produce Wendy Lill's Messenger

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 27, Folder 38
File
2014

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes correspondence to potential sponsors, publicity and and informational materials.

Canada Council for the Arts Theatre Production Project Grants Established Artists program application and correspondence

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 27, Folder 8
File
2015

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains records relating to an unsuccessful grant application in support of a development workshop of Putmore Island Tempest.

Reviews of Glace Bay miner's museum

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 25, Folder 3
File
March 2013

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains two reviews of the 2013 Neptune Theatre production of Glace Bay Miner's Museum. The reviews are printed versions of online reviews published by The Chronicle Herald on March 2, 2013 and by The Coast on March 7, 2013.

Costume and prop sketches for Glace Bay miner's museum

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 25, Folder 2
File
2012

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains costume and prop sketches drawn by Sue LePage for the 2012 National Arts Centre production of Glace Bay Miner's Museum. File also includes accompanying handwritten notes from Sue LePage to Mary Vingoe.

Director's notebooks

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 25, Folder 4
File
March 2013

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains two director's notebooks with handwritten notes by Mary Vingoe. File also includes three thank you cards from the cast and crew of the 2012 National Arts Centre / 2013 Neptune Theatre production, and a ticket to the March 1, 2013 performance at Neptune Theatre.

Mary Vingoe's speech for Halifax West High School 1993 graduation exercises

MS-2-777, Box 12, Folder 17
File
1993

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains also includes correspondence and a copy of the program.

Dramaturgical notes from a post-workshop discussion about Mary Vingoe's play Living Curiosities

MS-2-777, Box 5, Folder 2
File
1991

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains a letter from Peter Hinton, Artistic Director of The Canadian Stage Company, accompanying the notes.

Reviews, poster, program and photographs of Theatre Erindale's production of Marty Vingoe's Living Curiosities, directed by Sten Eirik

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 27, Folder 10
File
2015

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File also contains Mary Vingoe's email correspondence with Patrick Young, Artistic Director of Theatre Erindale, and a ticket from the the March 20, 2015 production at the Mississauga theatre.

Through the first Antarctic night / by Frederick A. Cook : [manuscript]

MS-2-777, Box 6, Folder 9
File
31 August 1989

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes two manuscript drafts and a letter from the executive producer of CBC Morningside Drama discussing Vingoe's proposal of a radio drama series based on Frederick Cook's book.

Ship's Company Theatre application for funding The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

MS-2-777, Box 11, Folder 27
File
1985-1986

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes two letters written by Mary Vingoe as Co-Artistic Director of Ship's Company Theatre to Jeremy Long and Anna Tratton, respectively, at the Canada Council, regarding funding for their production of The Mystery of the Mary Celeste.

Correspondence to Mary Vingoe from the Vancouver New Play Festival

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 20, Folder 22
File
2007

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Sketches of Margaret and Ian's costumes

File
2012

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains two sketches and two handwritten cards by Sue LePage. The sketches depict the costumes of characters Margaret (played by Francine Deschapper) and Ian (played by Jeff Schwager). The sketches were gifts from Sue to Mary Vingoe and Paul Cram.

Edward II thank you cards

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 24, Folder 4
File
2016

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains thank you cards from the cast and crew of a 2016 production of Christopher Marlowe's play "Edward II." Mary Vingoe directed the production, which was presented from September 29 to October 15, 2016 by University of British Columbia Theatre and Film.

Correspondence with Mary Vingoe regarding the Order of Canada

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 16, Folder 10
File
2011

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Letter of application to the post of Artistic Director of English Theatre for Canada's National Arts Centre

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 20, Folder 7
File
2004

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes a copy of Mary Vingoe's CV and correspondence with George Elliott Clarke regarding a reference.

Correspondence between Mary Vingoe and theatre colleagues regarding her play Holy Ghosters

MS-2-777, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1984-1993

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes a manuscript copy of "'A Sense of History Here': Mary Vingoe's Holy Ghosters, 1776," an essay written by Richard Paul Knowle for a festschrift in honour of Douglas Lochhead.

Correspondence from Mo to Mary Vingoe regarding The Herring Gull's Egg

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 17, Folder 10
File
1988 - 1989

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes a few pagers of notes.

Correspondence and addendum to a contract between Mulgrave Theatre and Mary Vingoe for a workshop of The Company Store

MS-2-777.2013-002, Box 12, Folder 22
File
1994

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Letters in support of Mary Vingoe receiving the Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award for her play Refuge

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 19, Folder 2
File
2013

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File also includes two photocopied newspaper reviews.

Atlantic Public Art Funders creative residency (Prince Edward Island) program application

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 27, Folder 3
File
2014 - 2015

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes correspondence from the granting agency and a copy of Mary Vingo's final report on her residency project for her play The Panmure Island Tempest (renamed The Putmore Island Tempest).

Arts Nova Scotia Grants to Individuals program application, correspondence and reports

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 27, Folder 4
File
2014 - 2015

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains records relating to a successful grant application in support of writing the second draft of The Putmore Island Tempest.

Canada Council for the Arts Grants to Theatre Artists program application and correspondence

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 27, Folder 5
File
2014

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains records relating to Mary Vingoe's unsuccessful grant application in support of writing the first draft of Partridge Island Tempest (renamed The Panmure Island Tempest).

Canada Council for the Arts Grants to Theatre Artists Individual Creation program application and correspondence

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 27, Folder 7
File
2015

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains records relating to an unsuccessful grant application in support of writing the second and third drafts of The Putmore Island Tempest.

The Road To Rankin's Point

Subseries
1995 - 1998

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Subseries contains drafts of Mary Vingoe's script adaptations of Alistair MacLeod's short story by the same name, as well as a letter from Vingoe to MacLeod asking permission to adapt the story for a short film series.

Mary Vingoe's proposal and subsequent correspondence with the CBC regarding her radio adaptation of Frederick Cook's Through the First Antarctic Night

MS-2-777, Box 6, Folder 10
File
1989

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Contact list for Nightwood Theatre's production of The Herring Gull's Egg

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 17, Folder 9
File
1989

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File also includes a letter to Mary Vingoe from Bob White, Artistic Associate of Play Development of Alberta Theatre Projects regarding his response to reading The Herring Gull's Egg.

Production records for Eastern Front Theatre Company's production of Strange Humours, by Mary-Colin Chisholm

MS-2-777, Box 7, Folder 8
File
2000

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains Mary Vingoe's annotated director's script, production notes, lighting cue sheets, production and rehearsal schedules, contact lists, memos, costume designs and a program.

Correspondence regarding the inaugural Magnetic North Theatre Festival

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 20, Folder 18
File
2003 - 2004

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Letters of welcome from the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Tourism regarding the 2004 Magnetic North Theatre Festival

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 20, Folder 27
File
2002

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Correspondence between Beatrice MacGregor and Robert Moody regarding a production of Home at Alderney Landing Theatre

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 16, Folder 18
File
2010

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains correspondence inquiring about remounting the production of Home at Alderney Landing or Pier 21.

Canada Council for the Arts and Arts Nova Scotia grant applications and correspondence regarding HomeFirst Productions and Eastern Front Theatre's production of Wendy Lill's Messenger

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 27, Folder 30
File
2014

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Letter from Joan Craig to Mary Vingoe enclosed with supporting cheque for HomeFirst's production of Wendy Lill's Messenger

MS-2-777.2021-022, Box 27, Folder 35
File
6 February 2015

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Out the Meadow : A Cape Breton Love Story

Subseries
2008-2009

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Subseries contains records created and collected by Mary Vingoe in the course of directing Forerunner Playwrights Theatre's production of Bev Brett's play Out the Meadow, performed at Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax.

Canada Council for the Arts Grants to Theatre Artists Professional Development grant application to study with Tadeusz Bradecki

MS-2-777.2015-017, Box 20, Folder 5
File
2000 - 2002

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes the application, final report, and correspondence with Tadeusz Bradecki and other theatre colleagues.

Mary Vingoe's correspondence regarding her play The Company Store

MS-2-777, Box 4, Folder 7
File
1995-1996

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes Mary Vingoe's correspondence with Sheldon Currie, Emma Alcorn and Mulgrave Road Theatre, handwritten notes, and letter from Carol to Mary.

The company store / by Sheldon Currie, adapted for radio by Mary Vingoe : [manuscript]

MS-2-777, Box 4, Folder 8
File
1993-1994

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File includes two manuscript drafts; handwritten notes; a letter from Vingoe to James Roy with a detailed synopsis of her radio adaptation of Sheldon Currie's story; correspondence to Sheldon Currie; and CBC's Dave Carley's notes on the radio script.

Letter from Mary Vingoe to Alistair MacLeod proposing a film adaptation of his story The Road to Rankin's Point for a National Film Board and JENFILMS series