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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

Joseph Svoboda exhibition

File consists of records related to the Joseph Svoboda exhibition, held at Dalhousie Art Gallery from October 4-24, 1974.

Records consist of a list of artworks, press release drafts, newspaper clippings, photographs (photocopies), correspondence between Mern O'Brien (Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery) and Gerry Grace (Archives, National Arts Centre), condition report, invitation cards, and insurance documents.

I Ain't Dead Yet — correspondence and contract

File includes press materials, reviews and correspondence for The Lunenburg Playhouse Theatre's 1990 production of "I Ain't Dead Yet!" and correspondence with various theatres and directors about the possibility of mounting the play.

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."

I Ain't Dead Yet — Catalyst

File includes correspondence, notes, manuscript, a contract, and program for the play's 1986 production by Catalyst Theatre in Edmonton, AB.

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.

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.

Bird Cage : [Use of copyrighted material - translation]

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."

Nova Scotia tourism, culture and heritage grants to individuals application and related materials

File contains an application for Nova Scotia tourism, culture and heritage grants for Banks to travel to Barcelona in November 2012 to attend Connexio Canadenca and participate in rehearsals of Catherine Bank's play "It is Solved by Walking." The document includes project descriptions (adaptation of The Mountain and the Valley for the stage), budgets, support materials, reports, and a grant acceptance letter from Arts Nova Scotia.

Pier One Theatre fonds

  • MS-3-7
  • Fonds
  • 1971-1975

Fonds contains correspondence, production records, scripts, flyers, posters, programs, promotional materials, press reviews, financial records, organizational management, documents regarding the theatre building and property, workshop programming, as well as touring production records. There is extensive correspondence regarding script acquisition and production; some correspondents included Canadian and Haligonian playwrights. Many scripts contain annotations by directors and actors. Set drawings, lighting cues, props lists and theatre renovation plans are also part of this fonds.

Unprocessed materials from the fonds not included here amount to approximately 94 cm. Please consult the Archives staff for access.

Pier One Theatre.

Catherine Banks fonds

  • MS-2-8
  • Fonds
  • 1973-2023
Fonds contains materials documenting Catherine Banks' professional playwrighting career beginning with her first published play, Eula's Offer. Records include research notes and manuscripts (handwritten and typed), correspondence, contracts, production and publicity materials, a videocassette, a DVD, photographs, sketches, and a small selection of personal papers.

Banks, Catherine

Correspondence from Charles F. Towle

File contains an advertisement and pamphlet on the plays presented by the Stratford-upon-Avon Players at the Princess Theatre in Toronto as part of their first American Tour. Charles F. Towle was the business director of the tour.

Correspondence from Julia Marlowe Sothern

File contains a letter from the English-born American actress Julia Marlowe Sothern thanking John Daniel Logan for sending her and her husband (E. H. Sothern) some of his poetry and inviting Logan to visit them backstage at one of their performances.

Correspondence from Julie Opp Faversham

File contains a letter from Julie Opp Faversham (1871–1921), an American stage actress, thanking John Daniel Logan for a poem and his comments about a production of Julius Caesar that she acted in with her husband, William Faversham.

Correspondence from Harry Irvine

File contains a letter from the English actor Harry Irvine in response to John Daniel Logan's criticism of his performance in "Othello" at an unidentified theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The letter mentions a future lecture at Dalhousie College on "William Shakespeare: A Human Being."

Correspondence from Anna Frery

File contains a letter from the actress Anna Frery, thanking John Daniel Logan for his critique of her performance in Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. The letter is written on letterhead from the Grand Union Hotel Co., Limited.
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